unspellable

unspellable

English

Etymology

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.