estimable

adj

Etymology: From Middle English estimable, estymable, from Old French estimable, from Latin aestimābilis. Equivalent to esteem + -able and estimate + -able.

1. Worthy of esteem; admirable.

   “Near-synonyms: esteemed, revered”

   “[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.”

2. Valuable.

   “A pound of man's flesh taken from a man Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.”

3. Capable of being estimated; estimatable.

   “After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.”

   “In this section we review the recent theory that generates an estimable Phillips curve relation.”