Definitions for ineffable

ineffable in·ef·fa·ble

Spelling: [in-ef-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ɪnˈɛf ə bəl/

Ineffable is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in ineffable (abeeffiln).

Definitions for ineffable

adjective

  1. incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible:
  2. not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable:

Origin of ineffable

First recorded in 1400-50; late Middle English word from Latin word ineffābilis. See in-3, effable

Examples for ineffable

Always he was looking out to the stars, and to the ineffable calm of the sea.

There were throes of love within her, of aspiration, of an ineffable delight in being.

There was an ineffable mingling of love and sorrow on the sweet countenance.

To dream that dream, this was the great, the ineffable happiness.

The passages where Phillips articulates that ineffable transport that comes from a particular song are the best in the book.

Sometimes there's a thing in the air, an ineffable thing, that just makes it all work.

You worship no omnipotent and ineffable essence; you believe in no omnipotent and ineffable essence.

ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul.

And on that score, on that ineffable quality called charisma, Walker may face his biggest challenges.

Rut they were all accompanied with an ineffable dignity, and an angelic purity.

Word Value for ineffable
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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