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effable

American

[ef-uh-buhl] / ˈɛf ə bəl /

adjective

utterable; expressible.

effable British

/ ˈɛfəbəl /

adjective

archaic capable of being expressed in words

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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

Whether however is it known and effable, or unknown and ineffable?

From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas

We have architects and no tects; there are things which are ineffable and none which are effable.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire

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