There havenât always been nine justices on the court. The U.S. Constitution established the Supreme Court but left it to Congress to decide how many justices should make up the court. The Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number at six: a chief justice and five associate justices.
Definition of ineffable. 1  1a : incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable ineffable joyb : unspeakable ineffable disgust. 2  2 : not to be uttered : taboo the ineffable name of Jehovah.
Adj. 1. indescribable-defying expression or description; indefinable yearnings; indescribable beauty; ineffable ecstasy; inexpressible anguish; unspeakable happiness; unutterable contempt; a thing of untellable splendor. ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable, indefinable.