singableadj.
/ˈsɪŋəb(ə)l/ That can be sung; suitable for singing. In common use only from about 1865.
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singablea1340
songlyc1350
melic1850
chantable1944
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 54 Syngabil [L. cantabiles] was til me þi rightwisyngis.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶4 The Minime they esteemed the least or shortest note singable, and therefore indiuisible.
1681 C. Morelli Let. 11 Apr. in S. Pepys Diary & Corr. (1906) IV. 220 All Baptist's bases are singable, where many of Pedro's are not so.
a1861 E. B. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. 268 You probably know his ballads, which have a certain singable beauty in them.
1880 H. R. Haweis Poets in Pulpit 178 He knew that the singable parts were generally imbedded in a portion which was not singable.
Derivatives
ˈsingableness n.
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singableness1869
singability1888
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Dec. 12 That consummate simplicity and singableness which make Heine's lyrics so dear to his countrymen.
singaˈbility n.
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singableness1869
singability1888
1888 Alliance News 5 May 352 Lyric character (singability).
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