Pronounced: PAN-suh-fee, noun
Notes: I didn’t know the word, but I should have been able to work it out
Yesterday’s word
The word effable means “capable of being expressed”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
The more common is ineffable; I was aware of that word, but not its meaning, so I couldn’t guess at our word’s meaning. Our word comes from the Latin word fari (to speak).
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