Hypertext Webster Gateway: "notability"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Notability \Not`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Notabilities}. [Cf. F.
notabilit['e] .]
1. Quality of being notable.
2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of
note. ``Parisian notabilities'' --Carlyle.
3. A notable saying. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
notability
n : a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to
a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: {luminary}, {leading
light}, {guiding light}, {notable}]
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