talk
verb (used without object)
to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking.
talkable
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a word derived from
talk.
Example Sentences
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There is a certain attitude, combative at once and deferential, eager to fight yet most averse to quarrel, which marks out at once the talkable man.
From Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson
O, he is a very good man Mr Boswell at the bottom, so witty, cheerful, so talkable.
From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by W. Keith (William Keith) Leask
But all speak—talk—whisper—or smile, of all the speakable, talkable, whisperable, and smileable little interesting affairs, incidents, and occurrences, real or fabulous, of public, private, demi-public, or demi-semi-private life.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
Robert Louis Stevenson uses the word "talkable" in one of his essays to denote a certain distinction among the possible subjects of human speech.
From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke
There is a certain attitude combative at once and deferential, eager to fight yet most averse to quarrel, which marks out at once the talkable man.
From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe
