Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undefinable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: un-de-fin-able
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Anything that cannot be defined.

Example Sentences

"There was some little undefinable coolness between old General Chattesworth and Devereux. He admired the young fellow, and he liked good blood in his corps, but somehow he was glad when he thought he was likely to go."
"What's interesting is ambiguity. What's interesting is the haziness, the blurrings, the undefinables, the space and tension between people, the area between the margins that pushes us to stop, to question."

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable English undefinable From un- + definable.

Inflected Forms

more undefinable (comparative) most undefinable (superlative) undefinables (plural)

Derived Forms

undefinableness

Frequently Paired Words

undefinability

Synonyms

indefinable

Questions

What does undefinable mean?: Not definable.
Where does undefinable come from?: Etymology tree English un- English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable English undefinable From un- + definable.

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