estimable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective deserving of respect or high regard
  2. adjective satellite deserving of esteem and respect
    honorable; good; respectable.
    • all respectable companies give guarantees
    • ruined the family's good name
  3. adjective satellite may be computed or estimated
    computable.
    • a calculable risk
    • computable odds
    • estimable assets

WordNet

Es"ti*ma*ble adjective
Etymology
F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. .
  2. 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. 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.
Es"ti*ma*ble noun
Definitions
  1. A thing worthy of regard. R.
    One of the peculiar estimables of her country. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913