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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inexpressibility en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English expressibility English inexpressibility From in- + expressibility.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being inexpressible.
    • Even in this least poetical age, when it comes to expressing the inexpressibility of grief, only poetry will do. 2009 March 1, Carole Cadwalladr, “Carole Cadwalladr: What's Masterchef got to do with food?”, in The Observer:

Antonyms

expressibility