Estimable

Origin

Borrowing from frm estimable.

Full definition of estimable

Adjective

1. Worthy of esteem; admirable.
• 1868, Louisa_May_Alcott, Little Women, ch. 22,Mr. March told . . . how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
2. (archaic) Valuable.
• 1596, William_Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3,A pound of man's flesh taken from a manIs not so estimable, profitable neither,As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
3. Capable of being estimated.
• 1928, Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 79, iss. 2, page 406:After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.