unnameableadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈneɪməbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈneɪməb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and nameable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, name v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + name v. + -able suffix, originally after classical Latin innōminābilis innominable adj. Compare later nameable adj.

A. adj.

That cannot or may not be named; (sometimes) spec. too unpleasant to be named or adequately described.In early use frequently applied to God.

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

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xvi. 354 God is celestiall, ineffable, and vn-name-able [L. innominabilem].

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 270 Invisible and unnameable powers & places.

1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. 381 God..is altogether Unconceiveable and Unnameable by us in this State.

1757 J. Ellis Enq. Wisdom & Understanding 14 Some of the Greek fathers say, that God must be unnameable, but by himself.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 234 Oh the saltings, the picklings,..the unnamed and unnameable confectionery doings over which she presided!

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 120 Her lustrous eyes wide distended with unnamable horror.

1930 S. Haardt Let. 20 Apr. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 436 I felt an unnamable panic when the lights of Baltimore faded out last night.

1954 M. Connolly Mr. Blue (new ed.) i. 16 I discovered him on Park Avenue lolling in the tonneau of an unnamable foreign automobile.

2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 30/1 The art adviser..bought Monet's Water-Lily Pond for $80m on behalf of her unnameable clients.

B. n.

An unnameable person or thing; (with the) that which cannot or may not be named.

ΚΠ

1818 H. H. Milman Samor xi. 387 Th' Unnameable, he fix'd On his flint pedestal.

1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1954) II. 45 Thus we can enjoy the Nile and all things as workers—willing workers together with the Unnameable.

1879 New Brunswick (New Jersey) Daily Times 1 Feb. Enlivening gossip with an unusually rich store of tragedies and naughty unnamables.

1958 S. Beckett (title) The Unnamable.

1973 D. Murphy Jrnl. 13 Jan. in Shoestring to Coorg (1976) xii. 183 No mosquitoes, no ants, no fleas, bed-bugs, cockroaches, spiders, lice or weird unnameables.

2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Oct. 18/4 The need to produce something uninflected and to name the unnameable.

Derivatives

unnameaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

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

unspeakablenessa1586

incommunicableness1615

ineffability1629

incommunicability1640

unexpressibleness1652

ineffableness1681

unutterableness1681

inexpressibleness1727

unexpressibility1817

indescribability1824

inexpressibility1826

unspeakability1845

unnameability1862

indescribableness1880

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. v. 695 The Reich..will go ever deeper into anarchies and unnameabilities.

2002 Diacritics 32 50 There's something of a taboo or an unnameability about the gradual erosion of whatever we feel we once had by way of beauty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unnameable
释义	unnameableadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈneɪməbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈneɪməb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and nameable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, name v., -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + name v. + -able suffix, originally after classical Latin innōminābilis innominable adj. Compare later nameable adj. A. adj. That cannot or may not be named; (sometimes) spec. too unpleasant to be named or adequately described.In early use frequently applied to God. 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 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xvi. 354 God is celestiall, ineffable, and vn-name-able [L. innominabilem]. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 270 Invisible and unnameable powers & places. 1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. 381 God..is altogether Unconceiveable and Unnameable by us in this State. 1757 J. Ellis Enq. Wisdom & Understanding 14 Some of the Greek fathers say, that God must be unnameable, but by himself. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 234 Oh the saltings, the picklings,..the unnamed and unnameable confectionery doings over which she presided! 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 120 Her lustrous eyes wide distended with unnamable horror. 1930 S. Haardt Let. 20 Apr. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 436 I felt an unnamable panic when the lights of Baltimore faded out last night. 1954 M. Connolly Mr. Blue (new ed.) i. 16 I discovered him on Park Avenue lolling in the tonneau of an unnamable foreign automobile. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 30/1 The art adviser..bought Monet's Water-Lily Pond for $80m on behalf of her unnameable clients. B. n. An unnameable person or thing; (with the) that which cannot or may not be named. ΚΠ 1818 H. H. Milman Samor xi. 387 Th' Unnameable, he fix'd On his flint pedestal. 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1954) II. 45 Thus we can enjoy the Nile and all things as workers—willing workers together with the Unnameable. 1879 New Brunswick (New Jersey) Daily Times 1 Feb. Enlivening gossip with an unusually rich store of tragedies and naughty unnamables. 1958 S. Beckett (title) The Unnamable. 1973 D. Murphy Jrnl. 13 Jan. in Shoestring to Coorg (1976) xii. 183 No mosquitoes, no ants, no fleas, bed-bugs, cockroaches, spiders, lice or weird unnameables. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Oct. 18/4 The need to produce something uninflected and to name the unnameable. Derivatives unnameaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [noun] unspeakablenessa1586 incommunicableness1615 ineffability1629 incommunicability1640 unexpressibleness1652 ineffableness1681 unutterableness1681 inexpressibleness1727 unexpressibility1817 indescribability1824 inexpressibility1826 unspeakability1845 unnameability1862 indescribableness1880 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. v. 695 The Reich..will go ever deeper into anarchies and unnameabilities. 2002 Diacritics 32 50 There's something of a taboo or an unnameability about the gradual erosion of whatever we feel we once had by way of beauty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1610
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