unspeakableness
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Etymology
From unspeakable + -ness.
Noun
unspeakableness (uncountable)
- The condition or quality of being unspeakable.
- 2007 January 27, Paul Berton, “How do we define gruesome? (editorial)”, in London Free Press, Canada:
- Obviously, it's the unspeakableness, the sheer horror of it, that is motivating some news organizations.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "unspeakable."
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