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2.
a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.
adjective
3.
capable of being spoken.
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Vocable
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin vocābulum a word, a name, equivalent to vocā(re) to call + -bulum noun suffix
1520–30; < Latin vocābulum a word, a name, equivalent to vocā(re) to call + -bulum noun suffix
Related forms
vo·ca·bly, adverb
non·vo·ca·ble, adjective, noun
un·vo·ca·ble, adjective
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