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bespeakable

adj

Etymology

From bespeak + -able.

  1. inherited from *bisprekaną✻ — “to speak about, discuss, blame”
  2. inherited from *bisprekan✻ — “to discuss, blame”
  3. inherited from *bespecan✻
  4. inherited from bespeken
  5. suffixed as bespeakable — “bespeak + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be bespoken or requested at one's convenience.

    • Of subject and invention we have still very little. These we can only obtain from inventors or men of genius — not a bespeakable class by any manner of means.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA