| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | es·ti·ma·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s t -m-bl |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Possible to estimate: estimable assets; an estimable distance. 2. Deserving of esteem; admirable: an estimable young professor. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestim bilis, from aestimre, to value. | | OTHER FORMS: | esti·ma·ble·ness —NOUN
esti·ma·bly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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