effable
/ˈɛfəb(ə)l
/adjective rare
Able to be described in words: socialism is effable, which is what I like about it...
- To be sure, depicted as jovial, effable, and magnanimous throughout, the beaten ‘Bull’ continues to embody ‘manly’ virtues such as fortitude, determination, persistence, strength, vigor, and so forth.
- That it is a special but effable sort of strongly-self-modelling computational process.
- So it is there that is situated the first thing that is effable and can be called by proper names.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin effabilis, from effari 'utter'.
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