talkableadj.
/ˈtɔːkəbl/, U.S. /ˈtɔkəb(ə)l/, /ˈtɑkəb(ə)l/ 1. Of a thing: That can or may be talked of or about. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective]
explicit1549
expressible1605
effable1637
evolveda1641
describable1655
disimplicated1753
enunciable1825
talkable1830
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to discussion > discussed > able to be
talkable1830
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 893 All speak—talk—whisper..of all the speakable, talkable, whisperable..interesting affairs, incidents and occurrences.
2. Of a person: Ready to converse; affable. .
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation
chatty?1741
talkablea1800
small-talkable1859
chattable1867
speakable1956
a1800 Gen. Paoli in P. Fitzgerald Life J. Boswell (1891) I. viii. 91 So cheerful, so witty, so gentle, so talkable.
1859 E. C. Gaskell Lett. (1966) 546 If Papa gets over-busy; and not talkable as to-day!
1899 H. Van Dyke Fisherman's Luck iii. i. 54 A person who has the rare merit of being talkable. ‘Talkable’ is not a new adjective. But it needs a new definition, and the complement of a corresponding noun…talkability.
1963 R. D. Symons Many Trails iii. 31 A grown woman yearns for somebody more ‘talkable’ than a thirteen-year-old.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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