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noun
- a word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning
- 1974: Without words and almost with the seriousness of asylum nurses they at once set upon an unsavoury-looking matron who began to cry out Mediterranean vocables of distress. " Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament
Etymology: From French vocableFrench, vocable or Latin vocabulum, from Latin vocare "call".
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