Dictionary

talkable en · ADJ

Etymology

From talk + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
   • 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:
2. Capable of offering engaging conversation.
   • But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming. 1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower:
   • There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off. 1861, George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes:

Forms

Antonyms

untalkable