ineffable

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Forbidden to be uttered; taboo
Beyond expression in words; unspeakable

As Alan Watts (1961) wrote, it involves trying to speak the unspeakable, scrute the inscrutable and eff the ineffable.

unutterable
\in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective: 1 Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable 2 Not to be uttered; taboo
You use ineffable to say that something is so great or extreme that it cannot be described in words. the ineffable sadness of many of the portraits. = indescribable + ineffably in·ef·fably his ineffably powerful brain. too great to be described in words (ineffabilis, from effari )
Incapable of being stated or described because of some elusive transcendental quality such as ideality, ethereality or spirituality
A term used by Dr Raymond Moody in his book Life After Life (1975)to represent the inability of NDE survivors to describe their experiences It signifies the inadequacy of language or words to depict what was seen and felt during the NDE particularly with regards to the light The term has also been used to signify that the sacredness of the experience exceeds any ability to express it
too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
{s} inexpressible, indescribable, undefinable; unutterable, unspeakable, unmentionable
defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity
Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven
ineffably
Intensifies an adjective to mean unmentionably

The name of God is ineffably holy.

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{a} inexpressible, not to be described
ineffability
The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness
ineffably
Intensifies an adjective to mean indescribably
ineffably
In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably
ineffably
in an indescribable manner, inexpressibly
ineffably
to an inexpressible degree; "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton"
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