ineffable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite defying expression or description
    indefinable; indescribable; untellable; unutterable; unspeakable.
    • indefinable yearnings
    • indescribable beauty
    • ineffable ecstasy
    • inexpressible anguish
    • unspeakable happiness
    • unutterable contempt
    • a thing of untellable splendor
  2. adjective satellite too sacred to be uttered
    unnameable; unutterable; unspeakable.
    • the ineffable name of the Deity

WordNet

In*ef"fa*ble adjective
Etymology
L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame.
Definitions
  1. Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
    Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenment over the soul. Beattie.

Webster 1913