Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-EF'FA-BLE
IN-EF-FA-BIL'I-TYIN-EF'FA-BLE-NESS
IN-EF'FA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. ineffabilis; in and effabilis, from effor, to speak.]
Unspeakable; unutterable; that can not be expressed in words; usually in a good sense; as, the ineffable joys of heaven; the ineffable glories of the Deity.
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