tellableadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɛləbl/, U.S.

/ˈtɛləb(ə)l/

Forms: see tell v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tell v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < tell v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier untellable adj.

rare before 19th cent.

That can or may be told or narrated; fit to be told; worth telling.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > capable of being narrated

tellable?c1475

narratable1833

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 125^v (MED) Tellabyll, vbi spekabyll.

1818 T. Moore Diary 21 Oct. in Mem. (1853) II. 196 Practical jokes, not easily tellable.

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 174/1 There is something romantic and tellable on being upon a burn-side, in the midst of a hill country, with sheep upon one hand, and an old stunted thorn upon the other.

1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 10 I knew things was more thrue [= true] than tellable.

1935 E. Gill Let. 28 Jan. (1947) 320 I enjoyed my brief visit to you more than was tellable.

1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood iii. 555 I can never tell Rose... That's a secret that isn't tellable to anyone.

2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. v. 71 None of this was tellable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tellable
释义	tellableadj. Brit. /ˈtɛləbl/, U.S. /ˈtɛləb(ə)l/ Forms: see tell v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tell v., -able suffix. Etymology: < tell v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier untellable adj. rare before 19th cent. That can or may be told or narrated; fit to be told; worth telling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > capable of being narrated tellable?c1475 narratable1833 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 125^v (MED) Tellabyll, vbi spekabyll. 1818 T. Moore Diary 21 Oct. in Mem. (1853) II. 196 Practical jokes, not easily tellable. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 174/1 There is something romantic and tellable on being upon a burn-side, in the midst of a hill country, with sheep upon one hand, and an old stunted thorn upon the other. 1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 10 I knew things was more thrue [= true] than tellable. 1935 E. Gill Let. 28 Jan. (1947) 320 I enjoyed my brief visit to you more than was tellable. 1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood iii. 555 I can never tell Rose... That's a secret that isn't tellable to anyone. 2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. v. 71 None of this was tellable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1475
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