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estimable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French estimable.
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; estimatable.
- 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:
Further reading
- estimable at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From estimer +? -able
Adjective
estimable (plural estimables)
- estimable, creditable
- esteemed
Further reading
- “estimable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Adjective
estimable (plural estimables)
- esteemed, admirable
- estimable (capable of being estimated)
Related terms
- estimado
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first-rate
English
Noun
first-rate (plural first-rates)
- (military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks
Adjective
first-rate
- (military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
- (by extension) Exceptionally good.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
- Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
Translations
See also
- second-rate
- third-rate
- fourth-rate
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