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effable, a.|ˈɛfəb(ə)l|
[a. F. effable (Cotgr.), ad. L. effābilis, f. ef-fāri to utter, f. ex out + fāri to speak.]
†a. Of sounds, letters, etc.: That can be pronounced (obs.).
b. That can be, or may lawfully be, expressed or described in words. Now only arch. in antithesis to ineffable.
1637Bastwick Litany i. 1 Paules notions..were such as could not be expressed..mine were..easily effable. 1668Wilkins Philos. Lang. 414 How this Universal Character may be made effable in a distinct Language. 1755Johnson Effable. Expressive, utterable. Dict. 1872Longfellow Div. Trag. ii. ii, These effable and ineffable impressions of the mysterious world. |