Meanings
- not comparableThat which cannot be precisely defined or put into words.
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.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178 - not comparableThat which defies description; indescribable.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words
adjectivedefying expression or description
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishdefine
- Englishdefinable
- Englishindefinable
Translations
Catalan indefinible
- indefiniblethat which defies description
Czech nedefinovatelný
- nedefinovatelnýthat which defies description
Dutch ondefinieerbaar
- ondefinieerbaarthat which defies description
Finnish määrittelemätön, epämääräinen
- määrittelemätönthat which defies description
- epämääräinenthat which defies description
French indéfinissable
- indéfinissablethat which defies description
German undefinierbar
- undefinierbarthat which defies description
Italian indefinibile
- indefinibilethat which defies description
Polish nieokreślony, nieuchwytny
- nieokreślonythat which defies description
- nieuchwytnythat which defies description
Portuguese indefinível
- indefinívelthat which defies description
Russian неопределимый
- неопределимый (neopredelimyj)that which defies description
Spanish indefinible
- indefiniblethat which defies description
Cite this entry
indefinable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indefinable
“indefinable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indefinable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indefinable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indefinable.
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