unspellable

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ spellable.

Adjective

unspellable (comparative more unspellable, superlative most unspellable)

  1. Difficult or impossible to spell.
    • 1928, Shaun Leslie, The Skull of Swift: An Extempore Exhumation:
      His masters, the Houyhnhnms of the unspellable and unsayable name, were more than performing horses or uncultured squires.
    • 1992, Hayden Carruth, Suicides and Jazzers:
      Their children, with unpronounceable, unspellable names, came to school in tattered clothes, the boys in drab vests and the girls in more colorful ones.