14) ineffable

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In-ef-fa-ble

adjective

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

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I can look at this word with both an ironic and know-it-all perspective. On one hand, it's incredibly contradictory to have a word to describe something that supposedly cannot be described in words. On the other, I imagine shoving this definition down the throat of the next person who claims that there are no words for whatever they are attempting to describe.

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