estimable

Borrowed from Middle French estimable.

estimable (comparative more estimable, superlative most estimable)

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. Capable of being estimated.
   • 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.

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From estimer +‎ -able

estimable (plural estimables)

1. estimable, creditable
2. esteemed

• “estimable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

estimable (plural estimables)

1. esteemed, admirable
2. estimable (capable of being estimated)

• estimado