indefinable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything that cannot be defined.
形容词 adj.
  1. That which cannot be precisely defined or put into words. not-comparable
    — They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.
  2. That which defies description; indescribable. not-comparable

词形变化

indefinables plural

词汇关系

近义词
undefinable
反义词
definable
衍生词
indefinableness indefinably
相关词
indefinability

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English define
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English definable
English indefinable
From in- + definable.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English define
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English definable
English indefinable
From in- + definable.
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