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Webster 1913 Edition
Notable
1.
Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
2.
Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished;
as, a
. notable
event, person☞ Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoepists,
nŏt′ȧ-b’l
, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable. 3.
Well-known; notorious.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Not′a-ble
(nōt′ȧ-b’l)
, Noun.
1.
A person, or thing, of distinction.
2.
(French Hist.)
One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
Webster 1828 Edition
Notable
NOT'ABLE
,Adj.
1.
Remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable; observable; distinguished or noted.They bore two or three charges from the horse with notable courage.
Two young men of notable strength. 2 Maccabees.
2.
Active; industrious; careful; as a notable woman.[In both senses, this word is obsolete in elegant style, or used only in irony. The second sense is in colloquial use in New England.
3.
In Scripture, conspicuous; sightly; as a notable horn. Daniel 8.4.
Notorious. Matthew 27.5.
Terrible. Acts 2.6.
Known or apparent. Acts 4.NOT'ABLE
,Noun.
1.
In France, the nobles or persons of rank and distinction were formerly called notables.2.
A thing worthy of observation.Definition 2024
notable
notable
English
Alternative forms
- nottable
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA(key): /ˈnɒtəbəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/ or IPA(key): /ˈnɑtəbəl/
Adjective
notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)
- (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
- 1754, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign:
- Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Mansel, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I shall ever acknowledge a good part of my Education from him.
- 1754, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and foreign:
- Prudent; clever; capable; industrious; thrifty.
- 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
- Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; [...]
- 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
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Etymology 2
From Middle English notable, from Old French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notabilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“note, mark”, verb), equivalent to note + -able.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊtəbəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊtəbəl/
Adjective
notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)
- Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- (dated) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
- A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
- Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
capable of being noted; noticeable
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worthy of notice; remarkable
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Noun
notable (plural notables)
- A person or thing of distinction.
Translations
person or thing of distinction
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Adjective
notable m, f (plural notables)
Derived terms
Noun
notable m (plural notables)