Hypertext Webster Gateway: "estimable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis.
See {Esteem}.]
1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable
damage. --Paley. .
2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]
A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so
estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons,
beefs, or goats. --Shak.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, n.
A thing worthy of regard. [R.]
One of the peculiar estimables of her country. --Sir T.
Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
estimable
adj 1: deserving of respect or high regard [ant: {contemptible}]
2: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies
give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn: {good},
{honorable}, {respectable}]
3: may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk";
"computable odds"; "estimable assets" [syn: {computable}]
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