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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-977/
- Published: 2022-10-02T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-01T18:41:21.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

he word for today is…

ineffable (adjective):

1a : incapable of being expressed in words  
b : unspeakable  
2 : not to be uttered

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ineffable?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :”Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. The hearing of those wild notes always depressed my spirit, and filled me with ineffable sadness,” wrote Frederick Douglass in his autobiography. Reading Douglass’s words, it’s clear that ineffable means “indescribable” or “unspeakable.” And when we break the word down to its Latin roots, we see how those meanings came about. Ineffable comes from ineffabilis, which joins the prefix in-, meaning “not,” with the adjective effabilis, meaning “capable of being expressed.” Effabilis comes from effari, “to speak out,” which in turn comes from ex- and fari, meaning “to speak.”

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