effable

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Etymology 1

From Latin effābilis (effor (“I utter”) + -able).

Adjective

effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)

  1. (archaic) Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed.
    Antonym: ineffable
    • 1996, Richard Cracroft, Rendering the Ineffable Effable:
      This attempt by Joseph Smith Jr. to render effable the sublime and ineffable, to contain in words the appearance of the Father and the Son to him on that long ago spring morning in 1820...

Etymology 2

Back-formation from eff (“fuck”) + -able.

Adjective

effable (comparative more effable, superlative most effable)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Fuckable; sexually attractive.
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