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[es-tuh-muh-buhl] Origin

es·ti·ma·ble

[es-tuh-muh-buhl]
adjective
1.
worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.
2.
capable of being estimated.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin aestimābilis, equivalent to aestim(āre) to esteem + -ābilis -able

es·ti·ma·ble·ness, noun
es·ti·ma·bly, adverb
non·es·ti·ma·ble, adjective
non·es·ti·ma·ble·ness, noun
non·es·ti·ma·b·ly, adverb
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un·es·ti·ma·ble, adjective
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1. reputable, respectable, admirable, laudable, meritorious, excellent, good.


1. contemptible.

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estimable (ˈɛstɪməbəl)
 
adj
worthy of respect; deserving of admiration: my estimable companion
 
'estimableness
 
n
 
'estimably
 
adv

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estimable
mid-15c., from Fr. estimable, from L. aestimare (see esteem).
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