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indescribable

[in-di-skrahy-buh-buhl]

in·de·scrib·a·ble

[in-di-skrahy-buh-buhl]
adjective
not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.

Origin:
1785–95; in-3 + describable

in·de·scrib·a·bil·i·ty, in·de·scrib·a·ble·ness, noun
in·de·scrib·a·bly, adverb


overwhelming, indefinable, unutterable.

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Indescribable has a plethora of syllables.
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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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indescribable (ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl)
 
adj
beyond description; too intense, extreme, etc, for words
 
indescriba'bility
 
n
 
inde'scribableness
 
n
 
inde'scribably
 
adv

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