sayable

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Adjective

sayable

1. Capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable. [from 17th c.]

Noun

sayable (uncountable)

1. That which can be said. [from 20th c.]
   • 2015, Ben Lerner, ‘Diary’, London Review of Books, vol. 38, no. 12:

     Rimbaud is the enfant terrible who burns through the sayable; Oppen is the poet of the left whose quiet is a sign of commitment.

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