"effable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-effable.ogg [Australia] Forms: more effable [comparative], most effable [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin effābilis (effor (“I utter”) + -able). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|effābilis}} Latin effābilis, {{m|la|effor||I utter}} effor (“I utter”), {{m|en|-able|}} -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)
  1. (archaic) Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-effable-en-adj-293PpMQ- Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English back-formations: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-effable.ogg [Australia] Forms: more effable [comparative], most effable [superlative]
Etymology: Back-formation from eff (“fuck”) + -able. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|eff||fuck}} Back-formation from eff (“fuck”), {{m|en|-able|}} -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)
  1. (slang, vulgar) Fuckable; sexually attractive. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-effable-en-adj-SCCOhlT9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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