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adjective

Estimable adj.

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

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."

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."

noun

Estimable n. A thing worthy of regard. (R.) "One of the peculiar estimables of her country."

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"Estimable" Quotes from Famous Books

... the great fortunes of to-day were due for the most part to the few who possessed to an exceptional degree the talents by which wealth is produced; but talents of this special class were, he said, wholly unconnected with any moral desert. Indeed, the mere production of such goods as are estimable in terms of money was, of all forms of human activity, the lowest, and the men who made money were the last people in the world who ought to be allowed to keep it. The demand of Socialism was, he said, that this gross and despicable thing should be distributed among other people. ...

— Memoirs of Life and Literature • W. H. Mallock

... her to disregard her own happiness, and, for his sake, to separate herself from him. The Ambassador admired her noble disinterestedness. The young man, on the contrary, received her declaration with the most desperate grief. He reproached his mistress, and declared that he would never abandon so estimable a creature, nor suffer the sublime generosity of her heart to be turned against herself. The Ambassador told him that the Count of Moncade was far from wishing to render her miserable, and that he was commissioned to provide her with a sum sufficient to enable her to return ...

— Memoirs And Historical Chronicles Of The Courts Of Europe - Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici • Various

... rather grand—quite out of our beat; and in parish work I am only an estimable excrescence. It is very well that I am not wanted, for Miss Headworth requires a good deal of attention, and it is only the old Adam that regrets the days of importance. Ah, do ...

— Nuttie's Father • Charlotte M. Yonge

... soup and entrees, helping himself to every dish, and drinking in proportion. An appetite of the other world! "Estimable Amphitryon," said he to M. Renault, "don't get frightened at seeing me fall upon the rations. I always ate just so; except during the retreat in Russia. Consider, too, that I went to sleep last night, at Liebenfeld, without ...

— The Man With The Broken Ear • Edmond About

... Hewett was not only a profitable patient but an estimable lady. "I shall be with you in a quarter of ...

— The Devil Doctor • Sax Rohmer

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