Found 2 items, similar to vocable.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vocable
vocable
n : a word that is spoken aloud [syn:
spoken word]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vocable
Vocable
\Vo"ca*ble\, n. [L. vocabulum an appellation,
designation, name, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a
voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See
Voice.]
A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as
composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its
meaning.
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Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious
vocables. --Carlyle.
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