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singable, a.|ˈsɪŋəb(ə)l|
Also 4 syngabil.
[f. sing v.]
That can be sung; suitable for singing.
In common use only from about 1865.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxviii. 54 Syngabil [L. cantabiles] was til me þi rightwisyngis. 1597Morley Introd. Mus. Annot., The Minime they esteemed the least or shortest note singable, and therefore indiuisible. 1681Morelli Let. to Pepys 11 Apr., All Baptist's bases are singable, where many of Pedro's are not so. a1861Mrs. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. 268 You probably know his ballads, which have a certain singable beauty in them. 1880Haweis Poets Pulpit 178 He knew that the singable parts were generally imbedded in a portion which was not singable.
Hence ˈsingableness; also singaˈbility.
1869Pall Mall G. 2 Dec. 12 That consummate simplicity and singableness which make Heine's lyrics so dear to his countrymen. 1888Alliance News 5 May 352 Lyric character (singability). |