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estimable, a. and n.|ˈɛstɪməb(ə)l|
See also esteemable.
[a. Fr. estimable, ad. L. æstimābilis, f. æstimāre: see esteem, estimate, vbs.]
A. adj.
†1. Capable of being estimated, valued, or appraised. Obs.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. vi. (1885) 122 The kepynge off the see I reken not amonge the ordinarie charges..bi cause it is not estimable [ed. 1714 estemable]. Ibid. xvii. (1885) 151 It is not lyghtly estymable [ed. 1714 estemable], what myght þe kynge may haue off is officers. 1638Sanderson Serm. vii. (1673) 99 These precious Souls..not estimable with any other thing than with the precious blood of God. a1805Paley (cited by Webster 1828).
†2. Valuable, worth a great price; of worth. Obs.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. i. iii. 167 A pound of mans flesh..Is not so estimable, profitable neither As flesh of Muttons, Beefes, or Goates. 1791Boswell Johnson I. Advt., His Contributions to my Collection are highly estimable. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xix. (1813) 376 The colchicums are pretty plants for the end of the flowery season (October) which makes them estimable objects near the house. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus xi. (1831) 97 All that rendered existence estimable.
3. Of persons and their attributes: Worthy of esteem or regard.
a1698Temple (J.), A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable. 1759Hurd Dial. 8 (R.) The more estimable, nay the most accomplished characters, that have been formed among ourselves. 1796Burke Regic. Peace iv. Wks. IX. 67 A Tartar believes, when he has killed a man, that all his estimable qualities pass with his clothes and arms to the murderer. 1831Sir J. Sinclair Corr. II. 346, I do not recollect having met with a more estimable character than Count Itzenplitz. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxiv. 170 So determined a climber and so estimable a man.
†4. Of things: Worthy of consideration; of considerable importance. Obs.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 131 The Towne was long since somewhat estimable. 1741Middleton Cicero II. xi. 583 These letters still more estimable.
†B. n. pl. Things estimable. Obs. rare—1. Cf. valuables.
a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 50 The Queen of Sheba..brought some plants of the Balsam Tree, as one of the peculiar estimables of her Country. |