utterable

adj

utterable

adj

Etymology From utter + -able.

1

Capable of being expressed in words, especially audibly.

  • In his vocabulary was no word for "crocodile"; yet in his thought, as potent as any utterable word, was an image of dreadful import— [...]1917 April, Jack London, chapter XX, in Jerry of the Islands, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 281:
Derived terms
unutterable
Related terms
utterability

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