inenarrable
/ɪnɪˈnæɹəb(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For where almyghty god is reſydent all thynges be good, whoſe goodnes is inenarrable and euerlaſtynge."
- "And Saint Peter saith that whoso believe in Christ, although they be afflicted with divers temptations, yet they rejoice with a glorious and inenarrable joyfulness."
- "The heavenly sound which shall be inenarrable, / Into their ears continually shall ring. / And eke the sight of Christ Jesus our King."
- "VVonderfull and inenarrable is the hardneſſe of a Diamant: beſides it hath a Nature to conquer the furie of fire, nay, you ſhall never make it hote, doe what you can: for this untamable vertue that it hath, the Greekes have given it the name Adamas."
- "The princes then, and navy that did bring / Those so inenarrable troops, and all their soils, I sing."
- "The pleasance of our starry residence, / In human, bald speech inenarrable, / Transcends your dreams of Arcady and Eden."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French inénarrable, from Latin inēnārrābilis (“indescribable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ēnārrābilis (“describable, explainable”). Ēnārrābilis is derived from ēnārrāre + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); ēnārrāre is the present active infinitive of ēnārrō (“to explain in detail, expound”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out; thoroughly’)) + narrō (“to say; to relate, tell; to describe; to recount, report”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”)). The English word is analysable as in- + enarrable. Compare ignorant and -able for the components.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnɪˈnæɹəb(ə)l/
- British English: /ɪnɪˈnæɹəb(ə)l/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more inenarrable (comparative)
most inenarrable (superlative)