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12 words match “INEXPRESSIBLE”

INEXPRESSIBLE a.
ression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure. "Inexpressible grandeur." Blair. In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood. Milton.
INEXPRESSIBLES n.
Breeches; trousers. [Colloq. or Slang] Ld. Lytton.
INEXPRESSIBLY adv.
In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.
INEXPRESSIVE a.
Inexpressible. [R.]
INUTTERABLE a.
Unutterable; inexpressible. Milton.
NAMELESS a.
Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; nameless woe,I wot. Shak. I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne.
ORB n.
such engines of orbs. Bacon. You seem to me as Dian in her orb. Shak. In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb within orb. Milton.
TERMLESS a.
Inexpressible; indescribable. [R.] Shak.
UNEXPRESSIBLE a.
Inexpressible. Tillotson. -- Un`ex*press"i*bly, adv.
UNEXPRESSIVE a.
Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. [Obs.] Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she. Shak. -- Un`ex*press"ive*ly, adv.
UNSPEAKABLE a.
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. -- Un*speak"a*bly, adv. Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pet. i. 8.
UNUTTERABLE a.
Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.