laudable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English laudable, from Old French laudable or directly from Latin laudabilis; equivalent to laud + -able.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]laudable (comparative more laudable, superlative most laudable)
- Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable
- 1917, The English Reports: Exchequer, page 789:
- That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and that if any of the ancient pasture be once ploughed up or meadowed, it shall, when restored to pasture again, pay 4d. the acre in the hands of such outdweller.
- laudable motives
- laudable actions
- laudable ambition
- Healthy; salubrious; having a disposition to promote healing
- Antonym: noxious
- laudable juices of the body
- laudable pus
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]worthy of being lauded
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References
[edit]- “laudable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “laudable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin laudābilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]laudable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laudables)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “laudable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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