speakability

English

Etymology

speak +‎ -ability

Noun

speakability (uncountable)

1. The quality of being speakable.
   • 2009 March 29, Brad Leithauser, “Family Feuds”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Why, if speakability is Carson’s aim, would she have one of her characters declare, “Look at him, look how he drips unhealth — shudder object!”