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speakable

adj

Etymology

From Middle English spekabyll; equivalent to speak + -able.

  1. inherited from spekabyll

Definitions

  1. That can be spoken

    That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.

  2. Acceptable as a topic of discussion

    Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.

    • Once the group knows that suicide is a speakable topic […]
    • 2016, Major Kwark in Ratchet and Clank (film), 75m Arrest this man for his speakable crimes against the galaxy.

  3. Capable of speech.

    • Redouble then this miracle, and say, / How cam'st thou speakable of mute […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for speakable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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