Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inenubilable

/ˌɪnɪˈnjubɪləbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-e-nu-bil-a-ble
IPA
/ˌɪnɪˈnjubɪləbəl/
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incapable of being cleared of clouds.

Formal; Literary

adj

Inexplicable, mysterious, unclear.

Formal; Literary

Example Sentences

Etymology

From English in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + Latin ēnūbilāre (“to clear of clouds or mist; (figurative) to clear of obscurity”) + English -able (suffix meaning ‘able to be done’ forming adjectives), possibly coined by the English critic and essayist Max Beerbohm (1872–1956): see the 1903 and 1911 quotations below. By surface analysis, in- + e- + Latin nubil- + -able. Ēnūbilāre is derived from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix denoting privation)) + nūbilus (“cloudy, overcast; (figurative) beclouded, confused, troubled”) (from nūbēs (“cloud; (figurative) concealment, obscurity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”)) + -āre.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)newdʰ-, ēnūbilāre

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɪnɪˈnjubɪləbəl/
  • British English: /ˌɪnɪˈnjuːbɪləb(ə)l/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more inenubilable (comparative) most inenubilable (superlative)

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Questions

How do you pronounce inenubilable?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnɪˈnjubɪləbəl/.
What does inenubilable mean?
Incapable of being cleared of clouds.
Where does inenubilable come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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