unexpressible
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + expressible.
Adjective
[edit]unexpressible (comparative more unexpressible, superlative most unexpressible)
- Impossible to express; inexpressible.
- 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], and J[acob] Tonson] […], published 1720, →OCLC:
- What unexpressible comfort does overflow the pious and devout Toul from the remembrance of a holy and well - spent life and a conscience of its own innocency and integrity!
- 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How John Look’d Over His Attorney’s Bill”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 20:
- WHEN John firſt brought out the Bills, the Surprize of all the Family was unexpreſſible, at the prodigious Dimenſions of them; […]
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “unexpressible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.