effable
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of effable
1630–40; < French < Latin effābilis, equivalent to eff ( ārī ) to speak out ( ef- ef- + fārī to speak) + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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Cloistered in his Harvard office, he was busy turning out more Lost Positives: licit, iterate, fulgent, prentice, placable, delible, souciant, effable, vertently, fangled, sponsible, pression, fatigable.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have architects and no tects; there are things which are ineffable and none which are effable.
From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
Whether however is it known and effable, or unknown and ineffable?
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor
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