noun
- plural of ineffability; the quality or state of being ineffable; things that cannot be expressed in words or described adequately
Usage: usually used in the plural or as an abstract concept; formal or literary register
Examples
- The poet struggled to capture the ineffabilities of human emotion in verse.
- Mystics often speak of the ineffabilities of divine experience.
- The ineffabilities of grief made it difficult for her to articulate her loss.
- Some philosophers argue that certain truths contain inherent ineffabilities.
- The ineffabilities of beauty have long fascinated artists and writers.