effableadj.
/ˈɛfəb(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > utterance of vocal sound > utterable
pronounceablec1570
slipper1589
pronunciable1649
enunciable1652
effable1668
vocable1861
deliverable1889
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 414 How this Universal Character may be made effable in a distinct Language.
b. That can be, or may lawfully be, expressed or described in words. Now only archaic in antithesis to ineffable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective]
explicit1549
expressible1605
effable1637
evolveda1641
describable1655
disimplicated1753
enunciable1825
talkable1830
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 1 Paules notions..were such as could not be expressed..mine were..easily effable.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Effable. Expressive, utterable. Dict.
1872 H. W. Longfellow Div. Trag. ii. ii These effable and ineffable impressions of the mysterious world.
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