\Vo"ca*ble\, n. [L. vocabulum an appellation,
designation, name, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a
voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See {Voice}.]
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.