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Webster 1913 Edition
Estimable
1.
Capable of being estimated or valued;
as,
. estimable
damagePaley. .
2.
Valuable; worth a great price.
[R.]
A pound of man’s flesh, taken from a man,
Is not so
As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
Is not so
estimable
, profitable neither,As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
Shakespeare
3.
Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.
A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more
estimable
. Sir W. Temple.
Es′ti-ma-ble
,Noun.
A thing worthy of regard.
[R.]
One of the peculiar
estimables
of her country. Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Estimable
ES'TIMABLE
,Adj.
1.
That is capable of being estimated or valued; as estimable damage.2.
Valuable; worth a great price.A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man,
Is not so estimable or profitable.
3.
Worthy of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable.
ES'TIMABLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
estimable
estimable
English
Adjective
estimable (comparative more estimable, superlative most estimable)
- Worthy of esteem; admirable.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 22:
- Mr. March told . . . how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 22:
- (archaic) Valuable.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 1, scene 3:
- A pound of man's flesh taken from a man
- Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
- As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 1, scene 3:
- Capable of being estimated.
- 1928, Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 79, iss. 2, page 406:
- After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
- 1928, Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 79, iss. 2, page 406: