talkable

comparative more talkable · superlative most talkable

1. Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).

   They are talkable-about as everyday matters and in the same way. They provide a common sociable topical resource that is readily available...

   1996, Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach

2. Capable of offering engaging conversation.

   But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.

   1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower

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   There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.

   1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes