indefinable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable English indefinable From in- + definable.
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(not-comparable) That which cannot be precisely defined or put into words.
They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178:
- (not-comparable) That which defies description; indescribable.
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it indefinibile (that which defies description) · cs nedefinovatelný (that which defies description) · es indefinible (that which defies description) · fi epämääräinen (that which defies description) · fi määrittelemätön (that which defies description) · pl nieokreślony (that which defies description) · pt indefinível (that which defies description) · de undefinierbar (that which defies description) · ru неопределимый (that which defies description) · ca indefinible (that which defies description) · nl ondefinieerbaar (that which defies description) · fr indéfinissable (that which defies description) · pl nieuchwytny (that which defies description)