Category:Vocable

Vo"ca*ble, n. Etym: [l. vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, Fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See voice.]

Defn: 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.