estimable
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Etymology
From Middle English estimable, estymable, from Old French estimable, from Latin aestimābilis. Equivalent to esteem + -able and estimate + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
estimable (comparative more estimable, superlative most estimable)
- Worthy of esteem; admirable.
- 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book VI”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, footnote:
- [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.
- 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
- Mr. March told […] how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
- (archaic) Valuable.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- A pound of man's flesh taken from a man
Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
- Capable of being estimated; estimatable.
- 1928, Louis Kahlenberg, Norbert Barwasser, “On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 79, number 2, page 406:
- After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
- 1999, Jordi Galí, Mark Gertler, “Inflation dynamics: A structural econometric analysis”, in Journal of Monetary Economics, volume 44, page 198:
- In this section we review the recent theory that generates an estimable Phillips curve relation.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “estimable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Inherited from Middle French estimable, from estimer + -able.
Adjective
estimable (plural estimables)
- estimable, creditable
- esteemed
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Descendants
- → Romanian: estimabil
References
- “estimable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Adjective
estimable m or f (plural estimables)
- estimable, creditable
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Descendants
References
- “estimable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology
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Possibly from Latin aestimābilis, from aestimō + -ābilis. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /estiˈmable/ [es.t̪iˈma.β̞le]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: es‧ti‧ma‧ble
Adjective
estimable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estimables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “estimable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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