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effable

/ˈɛfəbl̩/

effable adjective: able to be spoken of; able to be expressed.

Adjective (1)

effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)

  1. (archaic, uncommon) Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed.
    • And leave me unto mine, if they be dreams,
      That take such shapes before me, that I see them;
      These effable and ineffable impressions
      Of the mysterious world, that come to me
      From the elements of
      Fire and Earth and Water,
      And the all-nourishing Ether!1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus: A Mystery
    • I could not have chosen better for myself than his highness has chosen for me: my only regret on quitting France is at leaving a prince so effable as Philip, and a courtier so virtuous as St. Simon.1873, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Kenelm Chillingly: His Adventures and Opinions […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    ineffable

Adjective (2)

effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Fuckable; sexually attractive.
    • Ted: It's… I… I… I can't explain it.
      Natalie: Try!
      Ted: It's… ineffable.
      Natalie: I'm not effable?2005 October 10, Kourtney Kang, “Return of the Shirt”, in How I Met Your Mother, season 1, episode 4

effable meaning in Kannada

effable in Kannada

ನುಡಿಯಬಲ್ಲ, ಮಾತಿಗೆ ಬರುವ

Antonyms of effable

Forms of effable

comparativemore effable
superlativemost effable

Origin of effable

From Latin effābilis (effor (“to utter”) + -able).

From eff (“fuck”) + -able.

Words formed from effable

Questions about effable

What does effable mean?
Effable means able to be spoken of; able to be expressed.
What is effable in Kannada?
Effable in Kannada is ನುಡಿಯಬಲ್ಲ, ಮಾತಿಗೆ ಬರುವ. See Effable meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is effable?
Effable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce effable?
Effable is pronounced /ˈɛfəbl̩/.

Words near effable in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: effable (page history and authors); effable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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