Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ineffability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: in-ef-fa-bil-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or state of being ineffable.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From Latin ineffabilitas.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ineffabilities (plural)

Synonyms

ineffableness indescribability inexpressibility unspeakability unspeakableness

Antonyms

effability describability expressibility speakability speakableness

Rhymes With

ability facility possibility stability utility disability capability probability flexibility fertility instability vulnerability

Questions

What does ineffability mean?: The quality or state of being ineffable.
Where does ineffability come from?: From Latin ineffabilitas.

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