Estimable vs Sterling - What's the difference?
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Worthy of esteem; admirable.
* 1868 , , Little Women , ch. 22,
(archaic) Valuable.
* 1596 , , The Merchant of Venice , act 1, scene 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 , volume 79, iss. 2, page 406:
The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
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Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
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Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
Estimable is a related term of sterling.
As an adjective estimable
is worthy of esteem; admirable.As a proper noun sterling is
a scottish surname, variant of stirling.estimable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Mr. March told . . . how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
- A pound of man's flesh taken from a man
- Is not so estimable , profitable neither,
- As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
- After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
References
* * * * "estimable" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
estimable" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) ----
sterling
English
(wikipedia sterling)Noun
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- Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
Adjective
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