From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, adjective [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See {In-} not, and {Effable}, {Fame}.] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. --Beattie.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: {indefinable}, {indescribable}, {unspeakable}, {untellable}, {unutterable}]
2: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" [syn: {unnameable}, {unspeakable}, {unutterable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineffable": abstract, awesome, awful, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, heavenly, holy, ideal, incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, inenarrable, inexpressible, innominable, inviolable, inviolate, legendary, marvelous, mythical, noncommunicable, noteworthy, numinous, phenomenal, portentous, prodigious, religious, remarkable, sacred, sacrosanct, spiritual, stupefying, stupendous, transcendent, transcendental, undefinable, unexampled, unmentionable, unnameable, unparalleled, unprecedented, unspeakable, untellable, untouchable, unutterable, unwhisperable, venerable, wonderful
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