utterableadj.

Brit.

/ˈʌt(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈədərəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < utter v.¹ + -able suffix.

†1. That may be disposed of by sale. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > able to be sold

sellablea1382

vendiblec1384

vendablec1400

sale-worthyc1440

market-like1473

sale-worth1481

venable1507

saleable1530

marketable1577

utterable1581

chapmanable1594

selling1770

tenderable1868

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 210 Some gainefull commoditie verie vtterable abroade.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Marchandise Latine,..the best, or most vtterable commodities.

2. Capable of being uttered or expressed in words.

ΘΚΠ

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

speakable1483

frameable1559

utterable1648

sayable1674

statable1796

1648 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory 168 That is, the speakings or manifestations of the Spirit of God are not so utterable by the flesh or voice of man.

1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. at Effable Whatever is utterable, or capable of being expressed.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. viii. 339 When his woe became utterable, he wrung his hands.

1826 Q. Rev. 33 397 And then she touches in utterable words upon unutterable things.

1844 T. De Quincey Let. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) I. xv. 326 All this wretchedness, not utterable to any human ear.

1893 National Observer 15 Apr. 534/1 Dividing all things utterable into things which are, and things which are not.

absolute.1873 T. Carlyle Lett. (1913) I. 497 While he was discoursin' the utterable concernin' all sorts o' high topics.1896 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 302 The vision of the utterable passes into the vision of the unutterable.

Derivatives

utteraˈbility n. capability of being uttered; also plural, things that may be uttered.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact or capability of being spoken

slippinga1340

spokenness1805

utterability1851

verbalizability1951

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. vi. 204 He flashed..into a subject; gathered it up into organic utterability, with truly wonderful dispatch.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. i. 389 He learned also to clothe his bits of notions, emotions, and garrulous utterabilities, in the French dialect.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	utterable
释义	utterableadj. Brit. /ˈʌt(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈədərəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < utter v.¹ + -able suffix. †1. That may be disposed of by sale. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > able to be sold sellablea1382 vendiblec1384 vendablec1400 sale-worthyc1440 market-like1473 sale-worth1481 venable1507 saleable1530 marketable1577 utterable1581 chapmanable1594 selling1770 tenderable1868 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 210 Some gainefull commoditie verie vtterable abroade. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Marchandise Latine,..the best, or most vtterable commodities. 2. Capable of being uttered or expressed in words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered > able to be speakable1483 frameable1559 utterable1648 sayable1674 statable1796 1648 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory 168 That is, the speakings or manifestations of the Spirit of God are not so utterable by the flesh or voice of man. 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. at Effable Whatever is utterable, or capable of being expressed. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. viii. 339 When his woe became utterable, he wrung his hands. 1826 Q. Rev. 33 397 And then she touches in utterable words upon unutterable things. 1844 T. De Quincey Let. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) I. xv. 326 All this wretchedness, not utterable to any human ear. 1893 National Observer 15 Apr. 534/1 Dividing all things utterable into things which are, and things which are not. absolute.1873 T. Carlyle Lett. (1913) I. 497 While he was discoursin' the utterable concernin' all sorts o' high topics.1896 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 302 The vision of the utterable passes into the vision of the unutterable. Derivatives utteraˈbility n. capability of being uttered; also plural, things that may be uttered. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact or capability of being spoken slippinga1340 spokenness1805 utterability1851 verbalizability1951 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. vi. 204 He flashed..into a subject; gathered it up into organic utterability, with truly wonderful dispatch. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. i. 389 He learned also to clothe his bits of notions, emotions, and garrulous utterabilities, in the French dialect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1581
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