ineffable

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl/    美 /ˌɪnˈɛf.ə.bəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. not-comparable
    — Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n.
  2. Forbidden to be uttered; taboo. not-comparable

词汇关系

相关词
effability effable ineffability ineffableness ineffably
并列词
innumerable innumerous unnumerable incalculable

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti
Proto-Italic *fāōr
Latin for
Latin effārī, effor
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin effābilis
Latin ineffābilislbor.
Middle French ineffablebor.
English ineffable
Borrowed from Middle French ineffable, a learned borrowing from Latin ineffābilis, from in- + effābilis.
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