speakable

adjective

speak·​able -kəbəl 

1

: capable of being spoken : fit to be spoken

2

obsolete : able to speak

speakableness noun

plural -es

speakably

-blē, 

-li

adverb

Word History

Etymology

Middle English spekable, from speken to speak + -able

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Rhymes for speakable

• unspeakable