talkable
English
Etymology
talk + -able
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːkəbəl
Adjective
talkable (comparative more talkable, superlative most talkable)
- Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
- 1996, Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach
- They are talkable-about as everyday matters and in the same way. They provide a common sociable topical resource that is readily available...
- 1996, Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach
- Capable of offering engaging conversation.
- 1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes
- There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.
- 1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
- But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.
- 1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes
Antonyms
- untalkable