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indefinable

[in-di-fahy-nuh-buhl] Origin

in·de·fin·a·ble

[in-di-fahy-nuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
noun
2.
something that cannot be defined: the indefinables of great musicianship.

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Indefinable has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
1800–10; in-3 + definable

in·de·fin·a·ble·ness, noun
in·de·fin·a·bly, adverb
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indefinable (ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbəl)
 
adj
incapable of being defined or analysed: there was an indefinable sense of terror
 
inde'finableness
 
n
 
inde'finably
 
adv

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indefinable
1810, from in- "not" + definable (see define).
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