English Explanatory Dictionary

inenarrable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That cannot be told; indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable.

Pronunciation

/ɪnɪˈnæɹəb(ə)l/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inenarrable.wav

Word forms

inenarrable more inenarrable most inenarrable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French inénarrable, from Latin inēnārrābilis (“indescribable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ēnārrābilis (“describable, explainable”). Ēnārrābilis is derived from ēnārrāre + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); ēnārrāre is the present active infinitive of ēnārrō (“to explain in detail, expound”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out; thoroughly’)) + narrō (“to say; to relate, tell; to describe; to recount, report”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”)). The English word is analysable as in- + enarrable. Compare ignorant and -able for the components.

Synonyms

unnarratable indescribable indefinable undescribable indicible inexpressible untold ineffable inenarrable inutterable nameless termless undefinable unnameable unspecifiable unspeakable unutterable

Antonyms

enarrable explainable expressible narratable articulable describable enunciable pronounceable sayable speakable utterable verbalizable

Related words

enarrable enarrate enarration enarrative enarrator narratable narratage narrate narrated narratee narrater narrating narration narrational narrative narratively narrativised narrativized narrativise narrativize narrativising narrativizing narrativity narrativization narratological narratologist narratology narrator narratorial narratory narratress narratrix superinenarrable unnarratable
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