ESTIMABLE

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. .

2.
a.

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.
a.

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.

4.
n.

A thing worthy of regard. [R.] One of the peculiar estimables of her country. Sir T. Browne.