speakability

English

Etymology

From speak +‎ -ability.

Noun

speakability (uncountable)

1. The quality of being speakable.
   • 2009 March 29, Brad Leithauser, “Family Feuds”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2024:

     Why, if speakability is Carson’s aim, would she have one of her characters declare, “Look at him, look how he drips unhealth — shudder object!”