vocable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a word that is spoken aloud
    spoken word.

WordNet

Vo"ca*ble noun
Etymology
L. vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See Voice.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913