unmentionable
English edit
Etymology edit
un- + mentionable
Adjective edit
unmentionable (comparative more unmentionable, superlative most unmentionable)
- Too embarrassing or shocking to be discussed.
- Antonym: mentionable
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
too embarrassing or shocking to be discussed
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Noun edit
unmentionable (plural unmentionables)
- Something not to be discussed in polite society.
- 1995, Virginia Schroeder Burnham, William H. Hampton, Since Time Began, page 43:
- He was taught from childhood that the world does not condone homosexuality and that it is an unmentionable of decent people.
- 2014, Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, page 100:
- Here, after all, was the circle round which Forster passed the manuscript of his novel Maurice which conveyed so much about being 'an unmentionable of the Oscar Wilde sort'.
Further reading edit
- “unmentionable”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “unmentionable”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “unmentionable” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.