All 4 Uses of
ineffable
in
The Lords of Discipline
- I fell asleep that night thinking of Tradd's ineffable sadness, of Mark's gruff gentleness, of Pig's volatility and blind loyalty, of my virginity, of my pleasure in talking in bed at night, of secrets between roommates, of my inability to tell boys who loved me that I loved them.†
Chpt 3.22
- I was seized by the ineffable power of membership, of finally belonging to something.†
Chpt 3.26
- Her eyes were open and she was staring at me with a look ineffably grieving.†
Chpt 3.29 *
- That was the court's ineffable gift to you.†
Chpt 4.41
Definitions:
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(1)
(ineffable) something that cannot be adequately described with words--perhaps something too wonderful or intense to describe
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, ineffable can describe something that cannot be said due to social custom--such as the name of God.