UNMENTIONABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmentionable mean? 

• UNMENTIONABLE (noun)
  The noun UNMENTIONABLE has 1 sense:

1. a garment worn under other garments

  Familiarity information: UNMENTIONABLE used as a noun is very rare.

• UNMENTIONABLE (adjective)
  The adjective UNMENTIONABLE has 1 sense:

1. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation

  Familiarity information: UNMENTIONABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMENTIONABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garment worn under other garments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

undergarment; unmentionable

Hypernyms ("unmentionable" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unmentionable"):

body stocking (a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs))

bandeau; bra; brassiere (an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts)

camisole; underbodice (a short sleeveless undergarment for women)

chemise; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy (a woman's sleeveless undergarment)

foundation; foundation garment (a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body)

garter belt; suspender belt (a wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockings)

long underwear; union suit (an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece)

half-slip; petticoat; underskirt (undergarment worn under a skirt)

singlet; undershirt; vest (a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body)

underpants (an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin)

underclothes; underclothing; underwear (undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments)

• UNMENTIONABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation

Context example:

unmentionable words

Similar:

impermissible (not permitted)

 Context examples 

“What the unmentionable to ears polite, do you think I want with rouge?” “No offence, sir,” said the Griffin; “we have it asked for by so many names, I thought it might be.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)