inexpressible

[in-ik-spres-uh-buhl]

in·ex·press·i·ble

[in-ik-spres-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not expressible; incapable of being uttered or described in words: a scene of inexpressible beauty.
noun
2.
inexpressibles, Archaic. trousers; pants.

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Inexpressible has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

Origin:
1615–25; in-3 + expressible

in·ex·press·i·bil·i·ty, in·ex·press·i·ble·ness, noun
in·ex·press·i·bly, adverb
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inexpressible (ˌɪnɪkˈsprɛsəbəl)
 
adj
too great, etc, to be expressed or uttered; indescribable
 
inexpressi'bility
 
n
 
inex'pressibleness
 
n
 
inex'pressibly
 
adv

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