sayable

sayable
/say"euh beuhl/, adj.
1. of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable: He felt a great deal that was not sayable.
2. capable of being said or stated clearly, effectively, etc.: The speech is as sayable today as when Demosthenes first composed it.
[1855-60; SAY1 + -ABLE]

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