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Webster 1913 Edition

Inexpressible

Inˊex-press′i-ble

,
Adj.
Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable;
as,
inexpressible
grief or pleasure
.
“Inexpressible grandeur.”
Blair.
In orbs
Of circuit
inexpressible
they stood.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inexpressible

INEXPRESS'IBLE

,
Adj.
[in and expressible, from express.]
Not to be expressed in words; not to be uttered; unspeakable; unutterable; as inexpressible grief, joy or pleasure.

Definition 2024

inexpressible

inexpressible

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inexpressible ‎(comparative more inexpressible, superlative most inexpressible)

  1. Unable to be expressed.
    She felt inexpressible contempt for her attackers.‎
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
      She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

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