ineffable

UK /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl/ US /ˌɪnˈɛf.ə.bəl/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.

Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n.

Stroeve was trying to express a feeling which he had never known before, and he did not know how to put it into common terms. He was like the mystic seeking to describe the ineffable.

2

Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.

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