Ineffability
ɪˌnɛfəˈbɪlɪti
noun
the quality of being too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
The term 'ineffability' often refers to experiences or concepts that are beyond human comprehension or linguistic representation, such as profound spiritual experiences or complex emotions. It highlights the limitations of language in capturing certain aspects of human experience.
See how James Joyce uses "ineffability", with its meaning, pronunciation and a real book example.
Examples from books
The prohibition of the use of fleshmeat and milk at one meal, the hebdomadary symposium of incoordinately abstract, perfervidly concrete mercantile coexreligionist excompatriots: the circumcision of male infants: the supernatural character of Judaic scripture: the ineffability of the tetragrammaton: the sanctity of the sabbath.
James Joyce
Ulysses