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effability

effability noun: the quality or state of being effable.

Noun

effability (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being effable.
    • In linguistics, the Principle of Effability asserts that every natural language can express any human thought that is expressible at all in [any] natural language.

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Origin of effability

Borrowed from New Latin effābilitās.

Questions about effability

What does effability mean?
Effability means the quality or state of being effable.
What part of speech is effability?
Effability is a noun.

Words near effability in the dictionary

  1. eff and jeff
  2. eff off
  3. eff up
  4. eff why eye
  5. eff.
  6. effability
  7. effable
  8. effably
  9. efface
  10. effaceable
  11. effaced

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