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ineffableword
A formal, elevated word for an experience, quality, or idea that exceeds what words can adequately convey, with a less common historical sense of something that must not be spoken.
2 sensesinexpressiblewordA broad adjective for a feeling, quality, or experience that cannot be adequately expressed, often because its intensity outruns description.
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