unexˈpressible, a. (and n.) Now rare or Obs.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
= inexpressible a.
| 1621 [see unexpressable a., quot. a 1586]. 1626 Donne Serm. 746 That unexpressible worke of the Redemption. 1675 Traherne Chr. Ethics 73 The first of these is occasioned by a secret and unexpressible agreement of tempers. 1731 Hist. Litteraria II. 267 The many, almost unexpressible, Calamities he suffered, during his Captivity. 1826 Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 177 An unexpressible, uncomparable, unimaginable stench..filled that whole place of darkness. |
b. n. = inexpressible n. 2.
| 1810 S. Green Reformist I. 92 No, we called 'em ‘fie-for-shames’, ‘unexpressibles’, ‘inspeakables’; for ‘small-clothes’ has been long out of wogue. |
Hence unexˈpressibleness. Also -iˈbility.
| 1649 Ambrose Media iii. (1652) 56 The Infiniteness, and unexpressibleness of God's Bounty. a 1672 Sterry Freed. Will (1675) 7 The unexpressibleness of the Divinity, and the Divine Vnity. 1816 Bentham Chrestom. Wks. 1843 VIII. 117 Of impracticability, in this case two causes present themselves..: viz. uncognoscibility and unexpressibility. |