talkable

Robert Louis Stevenson uses the word "talkable" in one of his essays to denote a certain distinction among the possible subjects of human speech.

Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things Henry Van Dyke 1892

Visual notes are "talkable" they give people something to talk about during and after the conference.

jonnygoldstein.com 2009

I think all of these young women made some pretty bad and horrible choices, but I think we can use this as a teachable, talkable, moment right now.

CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2007 2007

There is a certain attitude, combative at once and deferential, eager to fight yet most averse to quarrel, which marks out at once the talkable man.

Memories and Portraits 2005

Indeed, there are few subjects; and so far as they are truly talkable, more than the half of them may be reduced to three: that I am I, that you are you, and that there are other people dimly understood to be not quite the same as either.

Memories and Portraits 2005

Robert Louis Stevenson understood the importance of the personal touch in conversation when he wrote: "So far as conversational subjects are truly talkable, more than half of them may be reduced to three: that I am I, that you are you, and that there are other people dimly understood to be not quite the same as either."

Conversation What to Say and How to Say it Mary Greer Conklin

Guests should be seated in such a way that neighbors at table will interest each other; a brilliant guest should be placed where he may at least snatch crumbs of intellectual comfort if his near companions, tho talkative, are not conversationalists of the highest order; the loquacious guest should be put next to the usually taciturn, provided he is one who can be roused to conversation when thrown with talkable people.

Conversation What to Say and How to Say it Mary Greer Conklin

But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.

The Blue Flower 1902

But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.

The Blue Flower Henry Van Dyke 1892

And if we go into it with the right spirit, and play it for love, without heavy stakes, the chances are that if we happen to be fairly talkable people we shall have one of the best things in the world, -- a mighty good talk.

Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things Henry Van Dyke 1892