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    ineffable

    ineffable - Dictionary definition and meaning for word ineffable

    Definition
    (adj) defying expression or description
    Example Sentence
    • indefinable yearnings
    • indescribable beauty
    • ineffable ecstasy
    • inexpressible anguish
    • unspeakable happiness
    • unutterable contempt
    • a thing of untellable splendor
    Definition
    (adj) too sacred to be uttered
    Example Sentence
    • the ineffable name of the Deity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ineffable

in+ef+ fable. fable means story. story can be told. in-fable means something which can not be uttered such as the name of Lord Voldemort (from Harry Potter).

IN+ F(eff) + able--You cannot utter the letter F*** everywhere.There are places where it is unutterable.:)

In Eff :In Eiffel tower,you feel great joy to visit it that you can't describe in words

She is an AFFABLE(friendly) but INEFFABLE (cant describe) beauty

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effe sounds like affe (monkey), which stands for something undescribable, taboo, or beyond expression.

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