ineffability
ineffability noun: the quality or state of being ineffable.
Noun
ineffability (usually uncountable, plural ineffabilities)
- The quality or state of being ineffable.
- To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 11, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
- But recently, physiological studies of ritual have suggested that the ineffability of intense emotional, transformative states may be due to the dominance of right brain activity.1990, Barbara Myerhoff, “The transformation of consciousness in ritual performances: some thoughts and questions”, in Richard Schechner, Willa Appel, editors, By Means of Performance: Intercultural...
- Antonyms:
- effability, describability, expressibility, speakability, speakableness
ineffability meaning in Urdu
ineffability in Urdu
- ineffability,
- اشارہ iśāra
Synonyms of ineffability
Antonyms
Forms of ineffability
| plural | ineffabilities |
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Origin of ineffability
From Latin ineffabilitas.
Words that rhyme with ineffability
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
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- senility
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about ineffability
- What does ineffability mean?
- Ineffability means the quality or state of being ineffable.
- What is ineffability in Urdu?
- Ineffability in Urdu is اشارہ (iśāra). See Ineffability meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is ineffability?
- Ineffability is a noun.
- What is the plural of ineffability?
- The plural of ineffability is ineffabilities.
Words near ineffability in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ineffability (page history and authors); اشارہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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