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unexˈpressible, a. (and n.) Now rare or Obs.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
= inexpressible a.
1621[see unexpressable a., quot. a 1586]. 1626Donne Serm. 746 That unexpressible worke of the Redemption. 1675Traherne Chr. Ethics 73 The first of these is occasioned by a secret and unexpressible agreement of tempers. 1731Hist. Litteraria II. 267 The many, almost unexpressible, Calamities he suffered, during his Captivity. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 177 An unexpressible, uncomparable, unimaginable stench..filled that whole place of darkness.
b. n. = inexpressible n. 2.
1810S. Green Reformist I. 92 No, we called 'em ‘fie-for-shames’, ‘unexpressibles’, ‘inspeakables’; for ‘small-clothes’ has been long out of wogue.
Hence unexˈpressibleness. Also -iˈbility.
1649Ambrose Media iii. (1652) 56 The Infiniteness, and unexpressibleness of God's Bounty. a1672Sterry Freed. Will (1675) 7 The unexpressibleness of the Divinity, and the Divine Vnity. 1816Bentham Chrestom. Wks. 1843 VIII. 117 Of impracticability, in this case two causes present themselves..: viz. uncognoscibility and unexpressibility. |