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effability.

The quality or state of being effable.

10 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The quality or state of being effable.

    uncountable
    In linguistics, the Principle of Effability asserts that every natural language can express any human thought that is expressible at all in [any] natural language.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from New Latin effābilitās.

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