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(), a.[F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.] 1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; 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 orthopists, nt"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"able (), n. 1. A person, or thing, of distinction. 2. (Fr. 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. スポンサード リンク
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