Ineffable — Word of the Day April 01, 2027

Definition

Incapable of being expressed in speech or writing. When ordinary language fails, we can only gesture at the ineffable.

“The experience of grief, at its deepest, is wholly ineffable — it cannot be communicated, only shared.”

From Latin ineffabilis, from in- (not) + effabilis (utterable).

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INEFFABLE scores 17 points in Scrabble.