indefinable
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dɪˈfaɪ 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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| —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
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example sentences
It was still warm, almost all the leaves were still green, but there was some indefinable quality to the day that made it autumn.
Inferring from an indefinable possibility an entire framework for modern human life.
But they all had that certain indefinable something that appealed to readers.
Whether publicly funded or privately obtained public art can be as controversial as it is indefinable.
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