utterable

English

Etymology

From utter +‎ -able.

Adjective

utterable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being expressed in words, especially audibly.

   Antonym: unutterable

   • 1917 April, Jack London, chapter XX, in Jerry of the Islands, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 281:

     In his vocabulary was no word for "crocodile"; yet in his thought, as potent as any utterable word, was an image of dreadful import— [...]

Derived terms

• unutterable

Related terms

• utterability

Translations

Translations

• Polish: wypowiadalny
• Spanish: decible

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.