sayable

comparative more sayable · superlative most sayable

1. Capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.First known use 17th c.

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

   2015, Ben Lerner, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 38, number 12

plural sayables

1. That which can be said.First known use 20th c.

   On the other hand, verbs indicate incomplete sayables – predicates – that are related to actions and undergoing of actions.

   2015, Ana María Mora-Marquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification, page 113