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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unhintable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + hintable.

Meanings

  1. That must not be hinted at; unmentionable.
    • The whole visit was tense with Soppy's unhintable doings. 2015, Peter Dickinson, Skeleton-in-Waiting:
    • With the word 'baby' unmentionable and unhintable, we all had to go on pretending that my mother was in bed for some slight cold, or other indisposition. 1955, John Wyndham, The Chrysalids:

Forms

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most unhintable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unhintable Degree=Cmp lexicographic