单词 | unutterable things |
释义 | > as lemmasunutterable things c. In the phrase unutterable things. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [noun] > instance of inexpressible1652 je ne sais quoi1656 unutterable thingsa1711 unutterable1788 unutterability1837 indefinableness1889 a1711 T. Ken Psyche v, in Wks. (1721) IV. 299 Bless'd Paul..was..heav'nly things unutterable taught. [Cf. 2 Cor. xii. 4.] 1727 J. Thomson Summer 68 They..talk'd the flowing Heart, Or sigh'd, and look'd unutterable Things! 1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 341 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] Jacob Behmen, whom Law alleged..to have seen unutterable things. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xc. 48 Juan wander'd by the glassy brooks Thinking unutterable things. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 22 Sheila..rarely speaks, but looks unutterable things with her soft..eyes. < as lemmas |
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