inutterable

[in-uht-er-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. unutterable.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inutterable¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; in- ³ + utterable ( def. )

Example Sentences

Inutterable, in-ut′ėr-a-bl, adj. not to be uttered.

From Project Gutenberg

Through many a dark and dreary vale They passed, and many a region dolorous, O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death— A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good; Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived.

From Project Gutenberg

What looking of inutterable things!

From Project Gutenberg

—Nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious Things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than Fables yet have feign'd, or Fear conceiv'd, Gorgon's, and Hydra's, and Chimera's dire.

From Project Gutenberg

Through many a dark and dreary vale They passed, and many a region dolorous, O'er many a frozen, many a fiery alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death— A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good; Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Obominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.

From Project Gutenberg