utterability
utterability noun: the state or quality of being expressible in words, especially audibly.
Noun
utterability (countable and uncountable, plural utterabilities)
- The state or quality of being expressible in words, especially audibly.
- He flashed with most piercing glance into a subject; gathered it up into organic utterability, with truly wonderful despatch, considering the success and truth attained; and threw it on paper with a swift felicity.1851, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 5, in Life of Sterling
- An idea or feeling which can be expressed in words.
- Fredrik Nilsson talked about new modes of knowledge production (Mode1 and Mode2), transdisciplinarity, ‘minor or nomadic’ sciences versus ‘royal or legal’ sciences, knowledge of visibilities and utterabilities and examples of the architectural practice as knowledge production.2006, "Reflections 3 (Research Training Sessions 2006)," Sint-Lucas School of Architecture (Belgium), p. 34
Forms of utterability
| plural | utterabilities |
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Origin of utterability
From utter + -ability.
Words formed from utterability
Questions about utterability
- What does utterability mean?
- Utterability means the state or quality of being expressible in words, especially audibly.
- What part of speech is utterability?
- Utterability is a noun.
- What is the plural of utterability?
- The plural of utterability is utterabilities.
Words near utterability in the dictionary
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