1. "Sayable" is a relatively closed system of expressions, and "unsayable" is a relatively open one.

2. Apophatic is a classical Greek word meaning “removed from speech” or “unsayable,” so that an Apophatic theology is one holding that you cannot use human language to speak meaningfully about God, because He (and strictly speaking even the word “He” cannot be used regarding God) is unknowable and completely “other.” In