utterable
Capable of being expressed in words, especially audibly.
Adjective
- Capable of being expressed in words, especially audibly.
- In his vocabulary was no word for "crocodile"; yet in his thought, as potent as any utterable word, was an image of dreadful import— [...] - 1917 April, Jack London, chapter XX, in Jerry of the Islands, New York, N.Y.:...
Antonyms: unutterable
Origin
Etymology tree English utter Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English utterable From utter + -able.