Vō'ca-ble, n.

n. [O. Fr. & Pr. vocable, Sp. vocablo, Pg. vocabulo, It. vocabolo, Lat. vocabulum, from vocare, to call, from vox, vocis, a voice, a word.] A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning. “Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables.” Carlyle.