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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 2 C!s Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:24:30

In*ef"fa*ble (?), a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame.]

Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.

Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenment over the soul. Beattie.

 

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