unspeakableness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English unspeakable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unspeakableness From unspeakable + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition or quality of being unspeakable.
Obviously, it's the unspeakableness, the sheer horror of it, that is motivating some news organizations.
2007 January 27, Paul Berton, “How do we define gruesome? (editorial)”, in London Free Press, Canada: