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undeˈscribable, a.
(un-1 7 b and 5 b.)
1728Eliza Heywood tr. Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 201, I have heard it reported, resumed the Marquis with an undescribable Agitation, that he was..in love with a Spanish Lady. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. 217, I felt such undescribable emotions within me. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. liii, Let these describe the undescribable. 1860Emerson Cond. Life v. (1861) 116 Graces and felicities not only unteachable, but undescribable.
Hence undeˈscribably adv.
1792C. Smith Desmond II. 149 She is in love!—Oh! undescribably in love. 1818M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Apr., You..will understand..how undescribably and exquisitely it is mixed with pain and pleasure. |