unaussprechlich
Meaning
- unpronounceable
- unspeakable, unutterable, ineffable (so sacred, mysterious or overawing that it cannot be spoken of or described)
- unspeakable, inexpressible, unmentionable, nameless (so horrible, shocking or immoral that the speaker shuns away from expressing it)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
ineffable
indecible
inenarrabile
onuitsprekelijk
inefável
ineffabilisEtymology
un- + aussprechen + -lich. First attested as unûzsprechelich in spiritual literature of the 14th century, modelled after terms such as ἀνεκφώνητος, ἀνεκδιήγητος, ineffabilis.
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