undefinable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything that cannot be defined.
    — 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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not definable.
    — 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.

词形变化

more undefinable comparative most undefinable superlative undefinables plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English definable
English undefinable
From un- + definable.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English definable
English undefinable
From un- + definable.
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