English
Adjective
en-adj
- Worthy of esteem; admirable.
#*1868, w:Louisa_May_Alcott|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.
#archaic valuable|Valuable.
#*1596, w:William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3,
#*: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.
#*1928, Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 79, iss. 2, p. 406,
#*:After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
References
R:Webster 1913
R:Dictionary.com
"estimable" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"estimable" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
"estimable" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"estimable" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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