English
Etymology
From in- + definable.
Adjective
indefinable (not comparable)
- That which cannot be precisely defined or put into words.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178:They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.
- That which defies description; indescribable.
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that which defies description
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- Dutch: ondefinieerbaar (nl)
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- Finnish: määrittelemätön (fi), epämääräinen (fi)
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Noun
indefinable (plural indefinables)
- Anything that cannot be defined.