All 4 Uses of
ineffable
in
The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary
- As ent'ring there we turn'd, voices, in strain
Ineffable, sang: "Blessed are the poor
In spirit."†Canto 2.12-22 *
- The highest good
Unlimited, ineffable, doth so speed
To love, as beam to lucid body darts,
Giving as much of ardour as it finds.†Canto 2.12-22
- Then did I chide
With warrantable zeal the hardihood
Of our first parent, for that there were earth
Stood in obedience to the heav'ns, she only,
Woman, the creature of an hour, endur'd not
Restraint of any veil: which had she borne
Devoutly, joys, ineffable as these,
Had from the first, and long time since, been mine.†Canto 2.23-33
- CANTO X
Looking into his first-born with the love,
Which breathes from both eternal, the first Might
Ineffable, whence eye or mind
Can roam, hath in such order all dispos'd,
As none may see and fail to' enjoy.†Canto 3.1-11
Definition:
something that cannot be adequately described with words--perhaps something too wonderful or intense to describe