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utterless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of being uttered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1820, John Keats, Hyperion, Book 2, in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: Taylor and Hessey, pp. 173-174, [...] there is a noise Among immortals when a God gives sign, With hushing finger, how he means to load His tongue with the full weight of utterless thought, With thunder, and with music, and with pomp:

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ineffable, unutterable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From utter + -less.