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indescribable(dictionary)

indescribable (iou)



indescribable adjective & noun. L18.
[from IN-3 + DESCRIBABLE.]
A. adjective.
That cannot be described; indefinite, vague. L18.
Quiller-Couch A bald-headed man with hairy hands..and the indescribable air of a matrimonial agent.
That is beyond description; too beautiful, terrible, etc., to be adequately described. L18.
A. J. P. Taylor It gave me a decade of intense, almost indescribable misery.
b. noun. Something that cannot be described; formerly spec. in pl. (slang), trousers. L18.
indescriba'bility noun (a) the quality of being indescribable; (b) an indescribable thing: E19.
indescribableness noun (rare) L19.
indescribably adverb L18.