speakableadj.

/ˈspiːkəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English spekabylle, 1500s spe(a)keable.

Etymology: < speak v. + -able suffix.

1. That may or can be spoken; fit or possible to be expressed in speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered > able to be

speakable1483

frameable1559

utterable1648

sayable1674

statable1796

1483 Cath. Angl. 353/1 Spekabylle, effabilis.

1483 Cath. Angl. 379/1 Tellabylle, vbi spekabylle.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 20^v Heaping othes vpon othes, one in a nothers necke, moost horrible and not spekeable.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1318/1 Pining with more than speakeable passions.

a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 106 The best worldly Joyes are easily speakable.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. iii. 362 If no speakable charge exist against a man.

1889 F. M. Crawford Greifenstein II. xiv. 112 This creature for whom no speakable name could be found.

†2. Having the power of speech; able to speak. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > speaking > able or given to speak

reasonablea1387

quick and queathing?a1475

articulate1531

extemporal1588

extemporanean1621

extemporizing1644

expressible1661

speakable1667

extemporaneous1812

extempore1817

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 563 Redouble then this miracle, and say, How cam'st thou speakable of mute..?

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 109 It will seem to speak the word Tut, so plainly, as if it were a Living Creature, Speakable.

3. Able or fit to be spoken to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation

chatty?1741

talkablea1800

small-talkable1859

chattable1867

speakable1956

1956 ‘C. Blackstock’ Dewey Death x. 227 I'm simply not speakable to this morning.

1979 Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 18/3 I don't think he is speakable to at the moment... Could you ring back in 20 minutes?

Derivatives

ˈspeakably adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [adverb]

mouthlya1425

by word of mouthc1456

by tonguec1550

expressedlya1555

verbo1561

verbally1571

viva voce1581

ore tenusa1601

verbatima1616

orally1666

speakably1845

on the blob1851

1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 11 Jan. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 4 Mr. Kenyon—who most unspeakably, or only speakably with tears in my eyes—has been my friend.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	speakable
释义	speakableadj. /ˈspiːkəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English spekabylle, 1500s spe(a)keable. Etymology: < speak v. + -able suffix. 1. That may or can be spoken; fit or possible to be expressed in speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered > able to be speakable1483 frameable1559 utterable1648 sayable1674 statable1796 1483 Cath. Angl. 353/1 Spekabylle, effabilis. 1483 Cath. Angl. 379/1 Tellabylle, vbi spekabylle. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 20^v Heaping othes vpon othes, one in a nothers necke, moost horrible and not spekeable. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1318/1 Pining with more than speakeable passions. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 106 The best worldly Joyes are easily speakable. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. iii. 362 If no speakable charge exist against a man. 1889 F. M. Crawford Greifenstein II. xiv. 112 This creature for whom no speakable name could be found. †2. Having the power of speech; able to speak. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > speaking > able or given to speak reasonablea1387 quick and queathing?a1475 articulate1531 extemporal1588 extemporanean1621 extemporizing1644 expressible1661 speakable1667 extemporaneous1812 extempore1817 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 563 Redouble then this miracle, and say, How cam'st thou speakable of mute..? View more context for this quotation 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 109 It will seem to speak the word Tut, so plainly, as if it were a Living Creature, Speakable. 3. Able or fit to be spoken to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation chatty?1741 talkablea1800 small-talkable1859 chattable1867 speakable1956 1956 ‘C. Blackstock’ Dewey Death x. 227 I'm simply not speakable to this morning. 1979 Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 18/3 I don't think he is speakable to at the moment... Could you ring back in 20 minutes? Derivatives ˈspeakably adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adverb] mouthlya1425 by word of mouthc1456 by tonguec1550 expressedlya1555 verbo1561 verbally1571 viva voce1581 ore tenusa1601 verbatima1616 orally1666 speakably1845 on the blob1851 1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 11 Jan. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 4 Mr. Kenyon—who most unspeakably, or only speakably with tears in my eyes—has been my friend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1483
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