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Definition of Indefinable
1. Adjective. Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words. "An abstract concept that seems indefinable"
2. Adjective. Defying expression or description. "A thing of untellable splendor"
Similar to: Inexpressible, Unexpressible
Definition of Indefinable
1. a. Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable.
Definition of Indefinable
1. Adjective. That cannot be precisely defined or put into words ¹
2. Adjective. That defies description; indescribable ¹
3. Noun. Anything that cannot be defined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indefinable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indefinable
Literary usage of Indefinable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"Oh, please stay, and let me give you some tea," said Mary. Her eyes filled with
tears, for something indefinable, something like the resolute suppression of ..."
2. The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man by Samue Harris (1883)
"Secondly, after the comparison follows the choice, which is the simple, indefinable
determination of the will. Before the man, in the f'k,ar light of reason ..."
3. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"... but the question is whether the strokes in the German's picture of nature""
have ever the indefinable delicacy, charm, and perfection of the Celt's ..."
4. The Science of Money by Alexander Del Mar (1885)
"... numerical ratio between all exchangeable things — Its further character
difficult to define because of its continual variance — Though indefinable it is ..."
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