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undefinable

adj

Etymology

From un- + definable.

  1. derived from dēfīniō — “limit, settle, define”
  2. derived from definer
  3. inherited from definen
  4. suffixed as definable — “define + able”
  5. prefixed as undefinable — “un + definable”

Definitions

  1. Not definable.

    • There was some little undefinable coolness between old General Chattesworth and Devereux. He admired the young fellow, and he liked good blood in his corps, but somehow he was glad when he thought he was likely to go.

  2. Anything that cannot be defined.

    • What's interesting is ambiguity. What's interesting is the haziness, the blurrings, the undefinables, the space and tension between people, the area between the margins that pushes us to stop, to question.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for undefinable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA