estimable
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/ˈɛstɪməbəl/
Definition of estimable
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Worthy of esteem; admirable.
“Near-synonyms: esteemed, revered”
“[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.”
“Mr. March told […]how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.”
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adj
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Worthy of esteem; admirable.
“Near-synonyms: esteemed, revered”
“[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.”
“Mr. March told […]how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.”
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(archaic)Valuable.
“A pound of man's flesh taken from a man Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.”
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Capable of being estimated; estimatable.
“After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.”
“In this section we review the recent theory that generates an estimable Phillips curve relation.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English estimable, estymable, from Old French estimable, from Latin aestimābilis. Equivalent to esteem + -able and estimate + -able.
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