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 +# Incapable of being [[speak|spoken]] or [[utter]]ed; [[unutterable]]; [[ineffable]]; [[inexpressible]].
 +#*'''1855-1882''', [[w:Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]], ''[[s:Leaves of Grass|Leaves of Grass]]'', book xv,
 +#*:The endless pride and outstretching of man, '''unspeakable''' joys and sorrows.
 +# [[Unfit]] or not [[permitted]] to be spoken or [[describe]]d.
 +#*'''1916''', [[w:James_Joyce|James Joyce]], ''A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man'', ch. 3,
 +#*:The miser will remember his hoard of gold, the robber his ill-gotten wealth, the angry and revengeful and merciless murderers their deeds of blood and violence in which they revelled, the impure and adulterous the '''unspeakable''' and filthy pleasures in which they delighted.
 +# [[Extremely]] [[bad]] or [[objectionable]].
 +#:''an '''unspeakable''' fool''
 +#:''an '''unspeakable''' play''
 +#*'''1926''', [[w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]], ''[[s:The Outsider|The Outsider]]'',
 +#*:Yet to my horror I saw in its eaten-away and bone-revealing outlines a leering, abhorrent travesty on the human shape; and in its mouldy, disintegrating apparel an '''unspeakable''' quality that chilled me even more.
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  1. Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible.
  2. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
    • 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, ch. 3,
      The miser will remember his hoard of gold, the robber his ill-gotten wealth, the angry and revengeful and merciless murderers their deeds of blood and violence in which they revelled, the impure and adulterous the unspeakable and filthy pleasures in which they delighted.
  3. Extremely bad or objectionable.
    an unspeakable fool
    an unspeakable play
    • 1926, H.P. Lovecraft, The Outsider,
      Yet to my horror I saw in its eaten-away and bone-revealing outlines a leering, abhorrent travesty on the human shape; and in its mouldy, disintegrating apparel an unspeakable quality that chilled me even more.




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