unutterable

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13
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18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩/
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/(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩/ · /(ˌ)ʌnˈʌtɹəbl̩/ · /ˌʌnˈʌtɚəb(ə)l/ · [ˌʌnˈʌɾɚ.ɪ̈bl̩]

Definition of unutterable

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
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adj

  1. Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
  2. Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
    “unutterable anguish”
    “[H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.”
    “Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […]”
    “VVhat is to ſpeak? or vvherefore ſhould I ſpeak? / VVhat means theſe Tears, but Grief unutterable?”
    “Still in harmonious intercourſe they liv'd / The rural day, and talk'd the flovving heart, / Or ſigh'd and look'd unutterable things.”
  3. Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
    “Hovv oft the humble Scholar came, / And to your Songs he rais'd his Ears / To learn the Unutterable Name, / To view the Eternal Baſe that bears / The Nevv Creations Frame.”
  4. (figuratively)Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.
    “These unutterable people upon the telephone have already ruined my morning's work, so that a little more can hardly matter.”

noun

  1. Something which is unutterable (incapable of being physically spoken, incapable of being articulated or expressed, etc.).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + utterable.

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