VOCABLE
vocable, spoken word
(noun) a word that is spoken aloud
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vocable (plural vocables)
(linguistics) A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning.
(music) A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song.
• Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Native American Music;
Adjective
vocable (not comparable)
(linguistics) Able to be uttered.
Synonyms
• utterable, voiceable
Source: Wiktionary
Vo"ca*ble, n. Etym: [L. vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See Voice.]
Definition: A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning. Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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