inenarrable

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪnɪˈnæɹəb(ə)l/

Definition of inenarrable

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (formal, literary)That cannot be told; indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable.
    “For where almyghty god is reſydent all thynges be good, whoſe goodnes is inenarrable and euerlaſtynge.”
    “And Saint Peter saith that whoso believe in Christ, although they be afflicted with divers temptations, yet they rejoice with a glorious and inenarrable joyfulness.”
    “The heavenly sound which shall be inenarrable, / Into their ears continually shall ring. / And eke the sight of Christ Jesus our King.”
    “VVonderfull and inenarrable is the hardneſſe of a Diamant: beſides it hath a Nature to conquer the furie of fire, nay, you ſhall never make it hote, doe what you can: for this untamable vertue that it hath, the Greekes have given it the name Adamas.”
    “The princes then, and navy that did bring / Those so inenarrable troops, and all their soils, I sing.”

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from French inénarrable, from Latin inēnārrābilis (“indescribable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ēnārrābilis (“describable, explainable”). Ēnārrābilis is derived from ēnārrāre + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a…

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Learned borrowing from French inénarrable, from Latin inēnārrābilis (“indescribable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ēnārrābilis (“describable, explainable”). Ēnārrābilis is derived from ēnārrāre + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); ēnārrāre is the present active infinitive of ēnārrō (“to explain in detail, expound”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out; thoroughly’)) + narrō (“to say; to relate, tell; to describe; to recount, report”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”)). The English word is analysable as in- + enarrable. Compare ignorant and -able for the components.

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