articulableadj.n.
/(ˌ)ɑːˈtɪkjᵿləbl/, U.S. /ɑrˈtɪkjələb(ə)l/ That can be articulated (in various senses). Also as n.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > set forth in detail > able to be
articulable1796
1796 P. W. Fogg Elementa Anglicana II. 159 It is beyond a doubt that many sounds are articulable, which do not occur in English.
1803 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1957) I. §1758 They have Lungs & a Larynx; & live in an Atmosphere of articulable Air.
1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 706 Word-worshipping even the articulable clothing wherein the clear and ethereal harmony of Goethe is invested.
1897 W. James Let. 28 Apr. (1920) II. 58 Life and mysticism exceed the articulable, and if there is a One..it must remain only mystically expressed.
1916 F. von Hügel German Soul 92 How impossible in practice is the maintenance of international obligations of any articulable kind.
1965 A. Hofstadter Truth & Art v. 100 The will to truth is intrinsic to man..It lives in every act of assertion and therefore in every act of thought that is articulable in statement.
1995 H. James Rev. 16 iii. 299 As a source of less articulable predilections, psychological knots, and chance, I find James's work fascinating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1796