sayable

adj, noun — 2 senses

sayable

adj

/ˈseɪəbəl/

Etymology From say + -able.

1

Capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.

Rimbaud is the enfant terrible who burns through the sayable; Oppen is the poet of the left whose quiet is a sign of commitment.2015, Ben Lerner, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 38, number 12:

Derived terms: sayableness, unsayable

sayable

noun

Etymology From say + -able.

1

That which can be said.

On the other hand, verbs indicate incomplete sayables – predicates – that are related to actions and undergoing of actions.2015, Ana María Mora-Marquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification, page 113:

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