"sayable" meaning in English

See sayable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: sayable [positive], more sayable [comparative], most sayable [superlative]
Etymology: say + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|say|able}} say + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If some is sayable, it can be said; pronounceable; utterable.
    Sense id: simple-sayable-en-adj-RA-x0pjc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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