Word of The Day: Ineffable

Ineffable \in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective:

1. Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.

2. Not to be uttered; taboo

Examples:

. . .the tension inherent in human language when it attempts to relate the ineffable, see the invisible, understand the incomprehensible.

-- Jeffrey Burton Russell, A History of Heaven

Pope John Paul II notes that people are drawn to religion to answer the really big questions--for example, "What is the ultimate ineffable mystery which is the origin and destiny of our existence?"

-- William A. Sherden, The Fortune Sellers

One cannot blame them very much; explaining the ineffable is difficult.

-- Edward O. Wilson, "The Biological Basis of Morality", The Atlantic, April 1998