Definitions for vocable

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vocable vo·ca·ble

Spelling: [voh-kuh-buh l]

IPA: /ˈvoʊ kə bəl/

Vocable is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in vocable (abcelov).

Definitions for vocable

noun

1. a word; term; name.
2. a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.

adjective

1. capable of being spoken.

Origin of vocable

1520-30; Latin vocābulum a word, a name, equivalent to vocā(re) to call + -bulum noun suffix

Examples for vocable

Suppose I have an idea to which I give utterance by the vocable 'skrkl,' claiming at the same time that it is true.

We find ourselves before a Greek vocable reproduced in Tifinar.

Often I had wished to test in speech the widely alleged merits of this vocable.

There was a vocable that occasioned me some perplexity—indeed a haze envelopes it still.