indefinable

indefinable

English

Etymology

    From in- + definable.

    Adjective

    indefinable (not comparable)

    1. That which cannot be precisely defined or put into words.
      • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178:
        They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.
    2. That which defies description; indescribable.

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    Noun

    indefinable (plural indefinables)

    1. Anything that cannot be defined.