uncommunicable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of uncommunicable
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un- 1, communicable
Example Sentences
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But Bernard Levin, writing in The London Observer that same year, noted that “as a communication of the uncommunicable, ‘Conundrum’ is very good indeed.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2020
But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
His power and his spirit were alike unique and uncommunicable, while the admiration of his youthful worshippers betrayed them into imitating the externals of a style that was rapidly losing spontaneity and sense of beauty.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds
Humboldt is inclined to believe that the possibility of such a method of ascertaining longitude was that uncommunicable secret, which Sebastian Cabot many years later hinted at on his death-bed.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers by George Iles
Th' inanimate forms, Nature's unchisel'd workmanship—unsullied By man's rude contact—'tis with these I hold Converse and high communion; And from the spirit that lives in them, free And uncommunicable intercourse My soul receives.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
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