Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12549 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unexpressibleinexpressible

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 558 times in 323 works
Consistency: 98.2% (558 of 568)
Reach if approved: ~630 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: unexpressible
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 600 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (558 changes in 323 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 558)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a man of reaſon, and ſuch as think themſelves no fools! and how ſuch unexpreſsibleinexpressible dotage can ſtand with either learning, ingenuity, or common underſtanding; and what ſhift the …
With rule
… a man of reaſon, and ſuch as think themſelves no fools! and how ſuch unexpreſsibleinexpressible dotage can ſtand with either learning, ingenuity, or common underſtanding; and what ſhift the …
Richard Baxter · A Saint or a Brute · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
4 The Superlative unexpreſſibleinexpressible Excellency of the Divine Glory from Eternity, hath ſo Great a Command upon my …
With rule
4 The Superlative unexpreſſibleinexpressible Excellency of the Divine Glory from Eternity, hath ſo Great a Command upon my …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Head, and they as th… Members should enjoy the same Glory: How deep and unexpressibleinexpressible is this Ocean of Glory?
With rule
… Head, and they as th… Members should enjoy the same Glory: How deep and unexpressibleinexpressible is this Ocean of Glory?
John Brown · Christ in Believers the Hope of Glory · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expreſs it ſelf; and liſp forth its Eſteem and Love of Chriſt which are unexpreſſibleinexpressible. The Fool hath ſaid in his heart, There is no God; but the gracious …
With rule
… expreſs it ſelf; and liſp forth its Eſteem and Love of Chriſt which are unexpreſſibleinexpressible. The Fool hath ſaid in his heart, There is no God; but the gracious …
Daniel Burgess · Characters of a Godly Man · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the doubling, diſtraction and abruptneſſe of theſe cryes, all undoubted notes of an unexpreſſibleinexpressible griefe; and in relation to the matter … ground expreſſed, it readeth us this … ſon …
With rule
… is the doubling, diſtraction and abruptneſſe of theſe cryes, all undoubted notes of an unexpreſſibleinexpressible griefe; and in relation to the matter … ground expreſſed, it readeth us this … ſon …
George Hughes · The Saints Loss and Lamentation · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he, can make us know him? If any knew it, yet it is an unexpreſſibleinexpressible myſtery, no man could reveale it; Fleſh and blood hath not revealed it unto …
With rule
… he, can make us know him? If any knew it, yet it is an unexpreſſibleinexpressible myſtery, no man could reveale it; Fleſh and blood hath not revealed it unto …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 429 · Open in the reader
Printed
… immediately teſtifying that we are the Sons of God; there are ſome ſecret and unexpreſſibleinexpressible lineaments of the Fathers countenance in this child, that the renewed ſoul at firſt …
With rule
… immediately teſtifying that we are the Sons of God; there are ſome ſecret and unexpreſſibleinexpressible lineaments of the Fathers countenance in this child, that the renewed ſoul at firſt …
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 509 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the heart of man is not able to value, in any proportion to their unexpressibleinexpressible worth: I have named that in an hour, which you must enjoy for ever …
With rule
… the heart of man is not able to value, in any proportion to their unexpressibleinexpressible worth: I have named that in an hour, which you must enjoy for ever …
Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 263 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Amos 4-9 A45333

Printed
5 UnexpressibleInexpressible.
With rule
5 UnexpressibleInexpressible.
Thomas Hall · Exposition of Amos 4-9 · p. 164 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… a Synagogue of Satan, which ſhould be the Temple of God) and alſo the UnexpreſſibleInexpressible Torments of the Damned in Hell. They had Devils on Earth, now Devils have …
With rule
… a Synagogue of Satan, which ſhould be the Temple of God) and alſo the UnexpreſſibleInexpressible Torments of the Damned in Hell. They had Devils on Earth, now Devils have …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 70 · Open in the reader

The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God A61474

Printed
St. Paul speaketh of the Spirits putting up from the Heart of a Saint, UnexpressibleInexpressible Groans, Rom. 8. Those Griefs, and Joys are most likely to come from the Spirit …
With rule
St. Paul speaketh of the Spirits putting up from the Heart of a Saint, UnexpressibleInexpressible Groans, Rom. 8. Those Griefs, and Joys are most likely to come from the Spirit …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Eternity: A D… vine plenitude, or fulness, an unfathomable deep of Divine, and UnexpressibleInexpressible Sweetness ever rising up, ever flowing, overflowing all things; this is the Sacred Person …
With rule
… in Eternity: A D… vine plenitude, or fulness, an unfathomable deep of Divine, and UnexpressibleInexpressible Sweetness ever rising up, ever flowing, overflowing all things; this is the Sacred Person …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 365 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Workman, as a most Skilful, and Firm Piece of Work. They are by an UnexpressibleInexpressible Wisdom, and Love framed unto this; that the Substance of these Jewels should never …
With rule
… Workman, as a most Skilful, and Firm Piece of Work. They are by an UnexpressibleInexpressible Wisdom, and Love framed unto this; that the Substance of these Jewels should never …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 427 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enjoyed one another after the most intimate manner without allay, or interruption in the UnexpressibleInexpressible, and Glorious Unity of the Eternal Word the Second Person in the Trinity. This …
With rule
… enjoyed one another after the most intimate manner without allay, or interruption in the UnexpressibleInexpressible, and Glorious Unity of the Eternal Word the Second Person in the Trinity. This …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 486 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Life, convincingly shew'd and offered me by God, that would render me everlastingly blessed? UnexpressibleInexpressible Madness! Shall I chuse and Steal my own Eternal Death, Torment, Vexation, Weeping and …
With rule
… Life, convincingly shew'd and offered me by God, that would render me everlastingly blessed? UnexpressibleInexpressible Madness! Shall I chuse and Steal my own Eternal Death, Torment, Vexation, Weeping and …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 145 · Open in the reader