Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
INEFFABLE
indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable
(adjective) defying expression or description; “indefinable yearnings”; “indescribable beauty”; “ineffable ecstasy”; “inexpressible anguish”; “unspeakable happiness”; “unutterable contempt”; “a thing of untellable splendor”
ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable
(adjective) too sacred to be uttered; “the ineffable name of the Deity”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ineffable (not comparable)
Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. [from 1450]
Synonyms: indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable, Thesaurus:indescribable, Thesaurus:incomprehensible
Antonym: effable (archaic)
Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.
Synonyms: taboo, unspeakable, unutterable
Coordinate terms
• innumerable
• innumerous
• unnumerable
• incalculable
Source: Wiktionary
In*ef"fa*ble, a. Etym: [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame.]
Definition: Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
18 October 2024
GRIEVOUS
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
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