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utterable, a.|ˈʌtərəb(ə)l|
[f. utter v.1 + -able.]
†1. That may be disposed of by sale. Obs.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 210 Some gainefull commoditie verie vtterable abroade. 1611Cotgr., Marchandise Latine,..the best, or most vtterable commodities.
2. Capable of being uttered or expressed in words.
1648J. Saltmarsh Spark. Glory 168 That is, the speakings or manifestations of the Spirit of God are not so utterable by the flesh or voice of man. 1735Dyche & Pardon Eng. Dict. s.v. Effable, Whatever is utterable, or capable of being expressed. 1782F. Burney Cecilia x. viii, When his woe became utterable, he wrung his hands. 1826Q. Rev. XXXIII. 397 And then she touches in utterable words upon unutterable things. 1846De Quincey in ‘H. A. Page’ Life (1877) I. xv. 326 All this wretchedness, not utterable to any human ear. 1893Nat. Observer 15 April 534/1 Dividing all things utterable into things which are, and things which are not.
absol.1873Carlyle Lett. (1913) I. 497 While he was discoursin' the utterable concernin' all sorts o' high topics. 1896Edin. Rev. Oct. 302 The vision of the utterable passes into the vision of the unutterable.
Hence utteraˈbility, capability of being uttered; also pl., things that may be uttered.
1851Carlyle Sterling ii. vi, He flashed..into a subject; gathered it up into organic utterability, with truly wonderful dispatch. 1858― Fredk. Gt. iv. i. I. 389 He learned also to clothe his bits of notions, emotions, and garrulous utterabilities, in the French dialect. |