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speakable

speakable adjective: that can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.

Adjective

speakable (not comparable)

  1. That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
  2. Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.
    • Once the group knows that suicide is a speakable topic […]2004, Robert I. Yufit, David Lester, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior
    • Arrest this man for his speakable crimes against the galaxy.2016, Major Kwark in Ratchet and Clank (film), 75m
  3. (obsolete) Capable of speech.
    • Redouble then this miracle, and say, / How cam'st thou speakable of mute […]1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...

Origin of speakable

From Middle English spekabyll; equivalent to speak + -able.

Words formed from speakable

Questions about speakable

What does speakable mean?
Speakable means that can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
What part of speech is speakable?
Speakable is an adjective.

Words near speakable in the dictionary

  1. speak-box
  2. speak-boxes
  3. speak-out
  4. speak-outs
  5. speakability
  6. speakable
  7. speakableness
  8. speake
  9. speakeasies
  10. speakeasy
  11. speakeasylike

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