ineffableadj.n.

/ɪnˈɛfəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < French ineffable (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin ineffābilis unutterable, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + effābilis : see effable adj.

A. adj.

a. That cannot be expressed or described in language; too great for words; transcending expression; unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adjective]

unsayinglyOE

wordlessa1200

unanemneda1225

unspeaking1340

untellablea1382

unenarrable1382

unspeakablea1400

ineffablec1450

inenarrablec1450

indicible1480

enarrable1482

inexplicable1502

inspeakable?1504

innominable1532

unoutspeakable1535

unexpressable1548

innarrable1554

inpronunciable1554

uncommunicable1555

inexprimablea1577

unexpressiblea1586

unutterablea1586

expressless1590

nameless1597

recountless1601

inutterable1603

indeclarable1610

unnameable1610

unreportable1611

speakless1612

unexpressivea1616

inexpressiblea1631

utterless1643

inexpressive1652

unwordablec1660

incommunicable1694

paintless1729

descriptionless1749

undelineable1767

describeless1799

indefinable1810

undescribable1818

unqualifiable1822

untelling1823

utterless1832

unpindownable1915

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and indescribable

untalelyc1225

unspeaking1340

unsayingc1350

untellablea1382

unspeakablea1400

ineffablec1450

unrehearsable1513

unutterablea1586

unrelatable1621

inexpressiblea1631

inexpressive1652

undescribable1728

indescribable1785

untelling1823

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > ineffable

uneffablec1400

ineffablec1450

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1679 O godde of hiegh pitee inmense and ineffable.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. ix. 15 Thankes be vnto God for his ineffable gyfte.

1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 109 I stedfastly trust in thine ineffable mercy.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 104 Setting forth his ineffable wisdome.

1709 Tatler No. 81. ⁋4 The Virgin..smiled with an ineffable Grace at their Meeting, and retired.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vi. 70 I recognise, you know full well, no intermediate essence between my own good soul, and that ineffable and omnipotent spirit, in whose existence philosophers and priests alike agree.

1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. ii ‘Go to, knave!’ cried Henry, with a look of ineffable disgust.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 110 'Tis an ineffable anguish again thou bidd'st me renew.

b. Applied to a person.

ΚΠ

1832 Thirlwall in Philolog. Museum I. 492 A thoroughly bad citizen, as well as an ineffable fool.

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ineffable bungler.

1969 Spectator 14 Mar. 325/3 The ineffable Mr. George Thomson.

2. That must not be uttered; †not to be disclosed or made known (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not to be revealed

unrevealable1593

ineffable1598

unavowable1802

inostensible1843

buriable1862

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 47 b/1 A secreate and ineffable venoume or poyson.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 39 The name of Iehouah is ineffable, and not to be vttered.

1744 T. Gray Let. 26 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 223 If I may be permitted to pronounce..that ineffable Octogrammaton..Laziness.

1864 R. Browning Abt Vogler ix To whom turn I but to thee, the ineffable Name?

†3. That cannot be uttered or pronounced; unpronounceable. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 18 Pliny confesses..That their names and Townes were ineffable.

1686 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 72 The single stroaks may be taken for single Ineffable Letters as are the Consonants.

†4. Mathematics. That cannot be expressed in terms of rational quantities; irrational, surd. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > prime > irrational

irrational1551

surd1551

radical1557

irradicala1690

ineffable1702

Ludolphian1886

1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Geom. i. ii. 137 Rational or Effable Magnitudes, are those whose Proportions may be exprest by certain Numbers: Irrational or Ineffable, are the contrary.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ineffable Numbers, the same as Surd Numbers.

B. n. (colloquial)

1. plural. Trousers. (A humorous euphemism: cf. inexpressibles, see inexpressible n. 2, unmentionables, see unmentionable n. 1a.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers

trouse1678

trousers1681

kicks1699

trousiesa1713

brogues1748

inexpressibles1790

unmentionable1791

et cetera1794

indescribable1794

kickseys1819

ineffables1823

indispensablesa1828

unimaginable1833

pantaloon1834

pants1835

inexplicables1836

never-mention-'ems1836

unwhisperable1837

results1839

sit-down-upons1839

sit-upons1839

unmentionabilities1840

innominablea1843

unutterables1843

trews1847

round-the-houses1857

unprintable1860

stovepipe1863

sit-in-ems1873

reach-me-downs1877

strides1889

rounds1893

long1898

kecks1900

rammies1906

trou1911

pants1970

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 337 Our lower garments, or Ineffables, sit but awkwardly.

1867 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 196 Shoes off, ineffables tucked up.

2. One not to be mentioned or named; an anonymous journalist, etc.; an ‘unutterable’ swell.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > one whose name is unknown

unknownc1390

anonymous1551

incognito1638

anon.1683

anonym1683

anonym.1683

anonymity1695

incog1699

incognitaa1723

ineffable1859

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 31 The ‘Times’ has its secrets by this time..it holds them all fast now, admitting none to its confidence but the Ineffables, the printers, and the ever-throbbing steam-engine.

1861 Illustr. London News 15 June 549/1 Two white-hatted and pegtopped ineffables.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ineffable
释义	ineffableadj.n. /ɪnˈɛfəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < French ineffable (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin ineffābilis unutterable, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + effābilis : see effable adj. A. adj. 1. a. That cannot be expressed or described in language; too great for words; transcending expression; unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adjective] unsayinglyOE wordlessa1200 unanemneda1225 unspeaking1340 untellablea1382 unenarrable1382 unspeakablea1400 ineffablec1450 inenarrablec1450 indicible1480 enarrable1482 inexplicable1502 inspeakable?1504 innominable1532 unoutspeakable1535 unexpressable1548 innarrable1554 inpronunciable1554 uncommunicable1555 inexprimablea1577 unexpressiblea1586 unutterablea1586 expressless1590 nameless1597 recountless1601 inutterable1603 indeclarable1610 unnameable1610 unreportable1611 speakless1612 unexpressivea1616 inexpressiblea1631 utterless1643 inexpressive1652 unwordablec1660 incommunicable1694 paintless1729 descriptionless1749 undelineable1767 describeless1799 indefinable1810 undescribable1818 unqualifiable1822 untelling1823 utterless1832 unpindownable1915 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and indescribable untalelyc1225 unspeaking1340 unsayingc1350 untellablea1382 unspeakablea1400 ineffablec1450 unrehearsable1513 unutterablea1586 unrelatable1621 inexpressiblea1631 inexpressive1652 undescribable1728 indescribable1785 untelling1823 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > ineffable uneffablec1400 ineffablec1450 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1679 O godde of hiegh pitee inmense and ineffable. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. ix. 15 Thankes be vnto God for his ineffable gyfte. 1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 109 I stedfastly trust in thine ineffable mercy. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 104 Setting forth his ineffable wisdome. 1709 Tatler No. 81. ⁋4 The Virgin..smiled with an ineffable Grace at their Meeting, and retired. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vi. 70 I recognise, you know full well, no intermediate essence between my own good soul, and that ineffable and omnipotent spirit, in whose existence philosophers and priests alike agree. 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. ii ‘Go to, knave!’ cried Henry, with a look of ineffable disgust. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 110 'Tis an ineffable anguish again thou bidd'st me renew. b. Applied to a person. ΚΠ 1832 Thirlwall in Philolog. Museum I. 492 A thoroughly bad citizen, as well as an ineffable fool. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ineffable bungler. 1969 Spectator 14 Mar. 325/3 The ineffable Mr. George Thomson. 2. That must not be uttered; †not to be disclosed or made known (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not to be revealed unrevealable1593 ineffable1598 unavowable1802 inostensible1843 buriable1862 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 47 b/1 A secreate and ineffable venoume or poyson. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 39 The name of Iehouah is ineffable, and not to be vttered. 1744 T. Gray Let. 26 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 223 If I may be permitted to pronounce..that ineffable Octogrammaton..Laziness. 1864 R. Browning Abt Vogler ix To whom turn I but to thee, the ineffable Name? †3. That cannot be uttered or pronounced; unpronounceable. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 18 Pliny confesses..That their names and Townes were ineffable. 1686 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 72 The single stroaks may be taken for single Ineffable Letters as are the Consonants. †4. Mathematics. That cannot be expressed in terms of rational quantities; irrational, surd. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > prime > irrational irrational1551 surd1551 radical1557 irradicala1690 ineffable1702 Ludolphian1886 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Geom. i. ii. 137 Rational or Effable Magnitudes, are those whose Proportions may be exprest by certain Numbers: Irrational or Ineffable, are the contrary. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ineffable Numbers, the same as Surd Numbers. B. n. (colloquial) 1. plural. Trousers. (A humorous euphemism: cf. inexpressibles, see inexpressible n. 2, unmentionables, see unmentionable n. 1a.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers trouse1678 trousers1681 kicks1699 trousiesa1713 brogues1748 inexpressibles1790 unmentionable1791 et cetera1794 indescribable1794 kickseys1819 ineffables1823 indispensablesa1828 unimaginable1833 pantaloon1834 pants1835 inexplicables1836 never-mention-'ems1836 unwhisperable1837 results1839 sit-down-upons1839 sit-upons1839 unmentionabilities1840 innominablea1843 unutterables1843 trews1847 round-the-houses1857 unprintable1860 stovepipe1863 sit-in-ems1873 reach-me-downs1877 strides1889 rounds1893 long1898 kecks1900 rammies1906 trou1911 pants1970 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 337 Our lower garments, or Ineffables, sit but awkwardly. 1867 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 196 Shoes off, ineffables tucked up. 2. One not to be mentioned or named; an anonymous journalist, etc.; an ‘unutterable’ swell. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > one whose name is unknown unknownc1390 anonymous1551 incognito1638 anon.1683 anonym1683 anonym.1683 anonymity1695 incog1699 incognitaa1723 ineffable1859 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 31 The ‘Times’ has its secrets by this time..it holds them all fast now, admitting none to its confidence but the Ineffables, the printers, and the ever-throbbing steam-engine. 1861 Illustr. London News 15 June 549/1 Two white-hatted and pegtopped ineffables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1450
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