notableadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊdəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English natable (transmission error), Middle English notabele, Middle English notabil, Middle English notabille, Middle English notabull, Middle English notabyl, Middle English notabylle, Middle English nottabul, Middle English 1600s notabile, Middle English–1500s notabel, Middle English–1500s notabill, Middle English–1500s notabyll, Middle English– notable, 1500s notabell, 1500s (1700s archaic) notabul, 1600s (1800s– chiefly English regional, in sense A. 3a) nottable; Scottish pre-1700 natable (transmission error), pre-1700 notabil, pre-1700 notabill, pre-1700 notabyll, pre-1700 nottabill, pre-1700 nottable, pre-1700 1700s– notable. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English notabulle.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French notable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French notable (adjective) noteworthy (1269–78 in Old French), eminent (1350), (noun) eminent or important person (1355), noteworthy fact or thing (c1380), (plural) body of prominent men in pre-revolutionary France (1685) < classical Latin notābilis noteworthy, eminent, conspicuous, perceptible, in post-classical Latin also as noun, notabile (neuter) noteworthy fact or thing (from late 12th cent. in British sources), notabilis (masculine) eminent or important person (15th cent. in British sources) < notāre note v.² + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Italian notabile (early 14th cent.), Catalan notable (14th cent.), Spanish notable (1438), Portuguese notável (15th cent.).With assembly of Notables (see sense C. 2a) compare French assemblée des notables (1685). Sheridan (1789) gives the vowel of the first syllable as that of not , and the vowel of the second as that of bet , roughly giving the pronunciation /ˈnɒtɛbl/. Walker (1806) gives a long vowel in the first syllable (roughly /ˈnəʊtæbl/) in sense A. 1 and a short vowel in the first syllable in sense A. 3a (roughly /ˈnɒtæbl/). This distinction is also mentioned by Smart (1836) and Worcester (1864), and by Webster from the mid 19th cent. until the mid 20th cent. Webster (1934) notes that the short vowel pronunciation is ‘older’, but ‘still usual among those who observe the distinction in meaning’.

A. adj.

1. Worthy or deserving of attention, esp. on account of excellence, value, or importance; significant in size or amount; noteworthy, remarkable, striking, signal, eminent.

a. Of a thing, action, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adjective]

specialc1325

notablec1390

oddc1400

notary1421

insignec1465

rial1487

noteworthy1552

signal1591

remarkable1593

of note1596

memorated1631

distinguishable1720

nameable1780

markworthy1799

mad1941

pipperoo1945

ring-a-ding1960

pass-remarkable1974

c1390 G. Chaucer Physician's Tale 156 This is no fable But knowen for historial thyng notable.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 199 Among alle metalles bras is most notable.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 239 (MED) In woundes of þe hede, and namely in notable woundes, it byhoueþ þat þe commune ententes be kepte þat were saide aboue.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 192/1 They..edefyed ouer thys holy corps a moche notable chyrche.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxv. 7 He that lufis god luf his neghbure, shewand til him that is notabile for him.

a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 75 The said Erle..was assigned..for to treet of this notable summe aboue namyd.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 100 I thynke in few yerys the pepul schold increse to a notabul noumbur.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 8) David obteyned notable victories.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 55 A notable cordiall water for comforting the head and heart.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 155 Methinks Nature does seem to hint some very notable virtue or excellency in this Plant.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ¶2 They support it by Acts of notable Oppression and Injustice.

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 9 Soh! a notable hour for one of my regular disposition.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 12 He would shake his head with a notable archness.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 17 The first who achieved a notable success in the new and difficult art of Prose Writing.

1882 Cent. Mag. May 21/2 Very wild and grim, impressive in itself and as the notablest of British capes.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door App. 304 One notable day in Sutherland I added a greenshank to my list.

1994 Tourism Managem. Oct. 327/1 With some notable exceptions, the timeshared facilities were frequently converted motels.

b. Of a person.

ΚΠ

1421 in W. A. Pantin Eng. Black Monks (1937) III. 102 (MED) The notable abbotis and sad fadres of your religion.

1454 in E. W. W. Veale Great Red Bk. Bristol: Text Pt. II (1938) 49 (MED) The Maire Shryve and Comyn Councell..shall Chose ij notable persones of the seid Councell.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Kings of Eng. (Harl. 372) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 142 (MED) Richard..strong, hardy, & notable, Was crownyd kyng, callid Cuer de Leon.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 897 Ther were notable and famous doctours.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxvii. 16 At the same tyme he had a notable presoner called Barrabas.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 44 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) At the execution of a notable Traytor at Limericke.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 73 You have mingled many Unworthies among them, rather Notorious than Notable.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iii. 231 They have also a cunning of ascribing effects to wrong causes... Austin tells us the Heathens were notable at this.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 5 The ablest Negotiators have been known the notablest Buffoons.

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 5 352 You summoned a meeting of your more notable creditors, relations, and friends.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 429 The Megarian demagogues procured the banishment of many of the notable citizens.

1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) vi. 54 Fox and Loe were notable for the purity of their lives.

1917 E. Wharton Summer xiii. 192 She was trying to discover Harney among the notable people in the front row.

1985 P. Roazen Helene Deutsch p. x Whatever she felt to be her personal inadequacies, she knew that she had succeeded in becoming a notable teacher.

2. Without specific connotation of excellence, value, or importance.

a. Easily noted; attracting notice; conspicuous, pronounced, manifest.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] > strikingly

notablea1398

staring?a1425

loud1535

gross1581

strong1583

signal1591

conspicuous1604

marked1620

remarked1623

ranka1640

signalized1652

bold1678

flaming1706

glaring1706

telegraphic1809

salient1841

howling1865

insistent1868

rampageous1889

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 118 Orioun is most notable constellacioun by cause of hugenesse and also of fairnesse.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 2954 (MED) I mekely preie..Of Vlixes þe dreme to discrive..Declaryng hym be tokenes ful notable And by signes verray demonstrable..His fatal day þat shulde folwe sone.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 405 (MED) Tylle hit was made open by the manifestacion of a notable signe wheder parte awe to be folowede.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vii. f. xlvi Y^e varyaunce bytwene prestes and prestes is more marked and more notable than any of the tother, bycause the prestes go more abrode.

1580 W. Fulke T. Stapleton & Martiall Confuted 100 Their habite..Augustine in his virgines forbiddeth to be notable or differing from other women.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiv. 164 To avoid all such things as are more notable in themselues: as a rugged attire, hirsute head, horrid beard.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxv. 211 Mr Joshua Rigg..showed a notable change of manner, walking coolly up to Mr Standish and putting business questions.

1885 E. Fawcett Buntling Ball 107 He, the host of us, Should not be visible, Should not be notable.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xiii. 208 Nothing else was notable on deck, save where the loose topsail had played some havoc with the rigging.

1931 ‘F. O'Connor’ Guests of Nation 3 Not that they could have got far, for they had a notable accent and wore khaki tunics.

1933 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 1260 He will be notable, and will be observed.

2001 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 20 July 5 b Demjannuk..has another notable scar, this one on the inside of his upper left arm.

b. Able to be noted or observed; noticeable, perceptible.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > perceptible to the mental view

notablea1398

feelablec1443

tangible1709

noticeable1849

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 27^v Þise seuene maner pulses ben notable [L. notabiles] and esier to knowe þan þe oþir.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 14a Þer descendeþ..to ych arme 4 notable neruez, One bihyndefourþ, anoþer biforefourþ.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) vi. xxxv. f. ccxiii^v Theyr werkes hath no notable admixture or medlynge with ony euyll.

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. There is a notable and sensible angle..which euermore is made by the meetyng of two seuerall lynes.

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. No. 5 If your line be of any notable length, deuide it into fiue partes. And if it be not so long that it maie yelde fiue notable partes [etc.].

1639 Laws Maryland in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 53 Drinking with excess to the notable perturbation of any organ of sence or motion.

1662 J. Ray Three Itin. iii. 171 We did not observe any notable taste in it, neither would it tincture siluer.

1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. i. i. 3 Chronology is the Regulation of Times, shewing by notable Signs or Tokens..the exact Time when every Action happen'd.

1765 J. Otis Vindic. Brit. Colonies 16 What notable harm has the song ‘Lillibullero’ wrought in the colonies?

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) 536 The kernels of the peach, the plum, the cherry,..also yield this essence in notable quantities.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights ‘Shall we go from this accursed spot?’ ‘Yes,’ said the Prince... But it was notable that he carefully read the name of the court before he left it.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. viii. 132 George Warham had made a notable inroad upon the food and drink.

1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 250/1 Proliferation of..astrocytes with prominent cytoplasmic processes was notable in the white matter of several brains.

1989 S. Peele Diseasing of Amer. iv. 133 Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.

a. Of a person: industrious, energetic, capable, businesslike; spec. (usually of a woman) competent and efficient in household matters. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > diligent or industrious

busyOE

swinkfulOE

laboriousa1393

virtuousc1450

eident1529

operose1546

laboursome1552

industrious1591

work-likea1642

work-brittle1647

notable1666

nitle1673

hard-working1682

worksome1830

shirtsleeve1864

workful1875

the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > clever or capable > specifically in household management

notable1719

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > bustling or fussing

stirringc1400

bustling1582

notable1719

scrimmaging1843

steerie1866

spuffling1893

squirrelly1928

1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 24 That such an one is a Wise, and a Thriving, or, in the common Phrase, a Notable man.

1719 Free-thinker No. 121. 2 I remember to have heard of a Notable Woman, who was thoroughly sensible of the Intrinsick Value of Time.

1729 W. Law Serious Call iii. 37 Penitens was a busy, notable tradesman, and very prosperous in his dealings.

1746 E. Carter Let. 5 Sept. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 110 Whether Telemachus (like a notable housewifely young man as he was) hung his cloaths upon a peg.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xlii. 372 Notable housewives have occasional ‘family-rummages’.

1865 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 409 Lady Cuxhaven, notable from girlhood, was using the blind-man's holiday to net fruit-nets.

1874 J. H. Ewing Lob Lie-by-the-Fire 34 Notable people complain, very properly, of thriftless and untidy ones.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables i. 2 She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done.

†b. Relating to or of the nature of household management; domestic. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [adjective] > relating to management or administration > relating to household management

economicalc1487

economic1599

notable1787

1787 Generous Attachment II. 24 Engaged in every notable exercise which love and conjugal affection inspire.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 74 She had learned to detest all needlework of the notable kind.

1835 J. L. Motley Let. 27 July in Corr. (1889) I. iii. 60 I thought the whole scene at first too tidy, too notable, too housewifish.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ix. 209 Both ladies were perfect housewives,..keeping a notable superintendence over the kitchen.

†B. adv.

Notably, extremely. Obsolete. notable known: commonly or widely known.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adverb]

notablya1398

oddlyc1400

notable1481

remarkably1615

noteworthily1864

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > remarkably or extraordinarily

outnumenlyc1175

outnumenc1225

disguisilyc1325

notablya1398

speciallya1398

oddc1400

oddlyc1400

singularlyc1430

strangelya1450

notable1481

outragec1540

out-takingly1549

supernaturally1578

rarely1581

extraordinarily1593

signally1598

unvulgarly1602

unexpectedly1605

essentially?1606

remarkably1615

unusually1615

particularly1616

eminently1632

extraordinary1632

markablya1634

considerably1646

surprisingly1661

out-of-the-way1718

unco1724

conspicuouslya1732

heroically1735

uncommonly1751

strikingly1752

uncommon1784

pronouncedly1785

markedly1811

awesomea1835

noticeably1845

rousing1847

exceptionally1848

outstandingly1851

prominently1885

accentedly1904

hella1987

1481 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1847) II. 330 Within fourty dayis next it be notable knawyn the said James..sall [etc.].

1511 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 191 On to the day..that the falȝe..be notable knawin be the said Mathowe.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 201 A notable good water shal com thereof, and most profitable to put away all veracions growing in the face.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Here neuer die seemeth superfluous, and yet notable well adorneth the sentence.

a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieutenant (1951) iia Dem. And was there not a..Lady? Cel. Oh, yes: a notable good wench.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 227 Some season of the year more notable hot then other.

1686 Love's Posie 19 If you follow these Maxims, I make no doubt, but you will be notable good at Passion in a little time.

1715 L. Theobald tr. Aristophanes Plutus iii. i. 35 He's coming, Mistress, with a notable strong Guard round him.

1794 R. Cumberland Jew ii. 28 I spent sixpence t'other night upon a farce, where there was a notable fine leg of lamb serv'd up.

1839 R. F. Williams Youth of Shakespeare I. p. v The cause of my entering on so notable ambitious a task will, perhaps, hold me excused in some measure.

1892 S. Grundy Haddon Hall i. 19 Verily, these be notable good works.

C. n.

1. In plural. Noteworthy or significant facts or things. Now rare except in Natural History use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice

notabilityc1390

notables1484

bumming sound1598

grandee1622

observable1639

remarkable1639

observanda1663

remark1675

observation1736

crowning glory1780

attentiona1806

notabilia1849

day1918

one for the (end) books (also book)1922

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [noun] > thing or person

notables1484

remarkable1639

rouser1824

personality1848

notabilia1849

lulu1886

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlix. 72 She gaf them these two notables, to thende they shold know their faute.

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 299 Ane litill memoriale..with principale accidentis and notables of the sam.

1653 H. Whistler Aime at Up-shot Infant Baptisme 17 Helping against you by many Notables in the very Text.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy (R.) Varro's aviary is still so famous, that it is reckoned for one of those notables, which foreign nations record.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 107 There's no trusting to a widow..addressed by an old batchelor, who..offers to leave her ten thousand pounds better than he found her, and sole mistress besides, of all her Notables!

1961 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 88 60 Some notables among the various mushrooms we found were a cluster of Collybia myriadophylla.

1991 Bird Watching June 41/1 Few reports came in from Cambridgeshire, notables being an Osprey briefly at Little Paxton..and..a single Blue-headed Wagtail at Fen Drayton.

1994 Impact Oct. 40/1 The notables include..the mantra-laden title track which holds you fast.

a. French History. In plural. In pre-revolutionary France: a body of prominent men summoned by the king as a deliberative assembly in times of national emergency. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > member of council of state > in France

notable1569

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 482 All worthy nobles and estates of the same realme of Fraunce, as well spirituals as temporals, and also Cities, notables and commonalties.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 4 This is a trueth..which you so solidly confirmed at the last assembly of Notables.

1789 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 201/1 Mr. Necker had at the beginning of winter summoned a new convention of Notables.

1790 A. Young Jrnl. 16 Jan. in Trav. France (1792) i. 275 From the very commencement of the revolution, at the first meeting of the notables.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 8/1 It was thought advisable to calm such feelings by summoning an assembly of Notables, who met at Rouen late in the year.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 471 An extraordinary meeting of the privy council, or rather an assembly of Notables, which had been convoked at Whitehall.

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. vi. 317 An article..providing for the appointment of thirty-six ‘notables’.

1965 Economist 27 Nov. 926/1 The new gaullism has allied itself with the notables, France's establishment.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 1211/3 An author who can..assume that centralization inevitably served the cause of the notables, does not inspire confidence as a historian of French counter-revolution.

b. gen. A noteworthy, eminent, or distinguished person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]

kingeOE

master-spiritc1175

douzepersc1330

sire1362

worthya1375

lantern1382

sira1400

greatc1400

noblec1400

persona1425

lightc1425

magnate?a1439

worthyman1439

personagec1460

giant1535

honourablec1540

triedc1540

magnifico1573

ornament1573

signor1583

hero1592

grandee1604

prominent1608

name1611

magnificent1612

choice spirita1616

illustricity1637

luminary1692

lion1715

swell1786

notable1796

top-sawyer1826

star1829

celebrity1831

notability1832

notoriety1841

mighty1853

tycoon1861

reputation1870

public figure1871

star turn1885

headliner1896

front-pager1899

legend1899

celeb1907

big name1909

big-timer1917

Hall of Famer1948

megastar1969

1796 R. Bage Hermsprong I. xiii. 138 So Mr. Woodcock got a wife; a good one; one of the notables.

1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 13 19 The notables of Egypt.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ix. 211 The notables of the town were fast assembling.

1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 159 The real power in each tribe is in the hands of an assembly of notables.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 484/2 The clan is generally subdivided into smaller communities..each administered by a local notable.

1952 J. L. Waten Alien Son 70 The president of the Philanthropic Society, the leading notable in the community.

1986 S. Middleton After Dinner's Sleep ii. 17 Alistair..saw a great deal of his eldest on the television screen, interviewing notables.

Compounds

C1.

notable-looking adj.

ΚΠ

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xxiv. 250 The little notable-looking brown hands, with the wedding-ring for sole ornament.

1988 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 28 Aug. 27 A cast which includes..some notable-looking bit players.

† notable tongued adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore i. i. 65 This Lodouico, is a notable tounged fellow.

C2.

† notable goods n. Law Obsolete testamentary goods of or above a certain value (various opinions on the precise significance of the phrase are given by Swinburne).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > heritable property > of a certain amount

notable goods1590

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vi. f. 222 What is ment by Notable goods, in this place, or when they are so to be tearmed, diuers authors haue bene of diuers opinions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	notable
释义	notableadj.adv.n. Brit. /ˈnəʊtəbl/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English natable (transmission error), Middle English notabele, Middle English notabil, Middle English notabille, Middle English notabull, Middle English notabyl, Middle English notabylle, Middle English nottabul, Middle English 1600s notabile, Middle English–1500s notabel, Middle English–1500s notabill, Middle English–1500s notabyll, Middle English– notable, 1500s notabell, 1500s (1700s archaic) notabul, 1600s (1800s– chiefly English regional, in sense A. 3a) nottable; Scottish pre-1700 natable (transmission error), pre-1700 notabil, pre-1700 notabill, pre-1700 notabyll, pre-1700 nottabill, pre-1700 nottable, pre-1700 1700s– notable. N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English notabulle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French notable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French notable (adjective) noteworthy (1269–78 in Old French), eminent (1350), (noun) eminent or important person (1355), noteworthy fact or thing (c1380), (plural) body of prominent men in pre-revolutionary France (1685) < classical Latin notābilis noteworthy, eminent, conspicuous, perceptible, in post-classical Latin also as noun, notabile (neuter) noteworthy fact or thing (from late 12th cent. in British sources), notabilis (masculine) eminent or important person (15th cent. in British sources) < notāre note v.² + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Italian notabile (early 14th cent.), Catalan notable (14th cent.), Spanish notable (1438), Portuguese notável (15th cent.).With assembly of Notables (see sense C. 2a) compare French assemblée des notables (1685). Sheridan (1789) gives the vowel of the first syllable as that of not , and the vowel of the second as that of bet , roughly giving the pronunciation /ˈnɒtɛbl/. Walker (1806) gives a long vowel in the first syllable (roughly /ˈnəʊtæbl/) in sense A. 1 and a short vowel in the first syllable in sense A. 3a (roughly /ˈnɒtæbl/). This distinction is also mentioned by Smart (1836) and Worcester (1864), and by Webster from the mid 19th cent. until the mid 20th cent. Webster (1934) notes that the short vowel pronunciation is ‘older’, but ‘still usual among those who observe the distinction in meaning’. A. adj. 1. Worthy or deserving of attention, esp. on account of excellence, value, or importance; significant in size or amount; noteworthy, remarkable, striking, signal, eminent. a. Of a thing, action, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adjective] specialc1325 notablec1390 oddc1400 notary1421 insignec1465 rial1487 noteworthy1552 signal1591 signal1591 remarkable1593 of note1596 memorated1631 distinguishable1720 nameable1780 markworthy1799 mad1941 pipperoo1945 ring-a-ding1960 pass-remarkable1974 c1390 G. Chaucer Physician's Tale 156 This is no fable But knowen for historial thyng notable. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 199 Among alle metalles bras is most notable. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 239 (MED) In woundes of þe hede, and namely in notable woundes, it byhoueþ þat þe commune ententes be kepte þat were saide aboue. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 192/1 They..edefyed ouer thys holy corps a moche notable chyrche. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxv. 7 He that lufis god luf his neghbure, shewand til him that is notabile for him. a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 75 The said Erle..was assigned..for to treet of this notable summe aboue namyd. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 100 I thynke in few yerys the pepul schold increse to a notabul noumbur. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 8) David obteyned notable victories. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 55 A notable cordiall water for comforting the head and heart. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 155 Methinks Nature does seem to hint some very notable virtue or excellency in this Plant. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ¶2 They support it by Acts of notable Oppression and Injustice. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 9 Soh! a notable hour for one of my regular disposition. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 12 He would shake his head with a notable archness. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 17 The first who achieved a notable success in the new and difficult art of Prose Writing. 1882 Cent. Mag. May 21/2 Very wild and grim, impressive in itself and as the notablest of British capes. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door App. 304 One notable day in Sutherland I added a greenshank to my list. 1994 Tourism Managem. Oct. 327/1 With some notable exceptions, the timeshared facilities were frequently converted motels. b. Of a person. ΚΠ 1421 in W. A. Pantin Eng. Black Monks (1937) III. 102 (MED) The notable abbotis and sad fadres of your religion. 1454 in E. W. W. Veale Great Red Bk. Bristol: Text Pt. II (1938) 49 (MED) The Maire Shryve and Comyn Councell..shall Chose ij notable persones of the seid Councell. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Kings of Eng. (Harl. 372) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 142 (MED) Richard..strong, hardy, & notable, Was crownyd kyng, callid Cuer de Leon. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 897 Ther were notable and famous doctours. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xxvii. 16 At the same tyme he had a notable presoner called Barrabas. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 44 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) At the execution of a notable Traytor at Limericke. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 73 You have mingled many Unworthies among them, rather Notorious than Notable. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iii. 231 They have also a cunning of ascribing effects to wrong causes... Austin tells us the Heathens were notable at this. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 5 The ablest Negotiators have been known the notablest Buffoons. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 5 352 You summoned a meeting of your more notable creditors, relations, and friends. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 429 The Megarian demagogues procured the banishment of many of the notable citizens. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) vi. 54 Fox and Loe were notable for the purity of their lives. 1917 E. Wharton Summer xiii. 192 She was trying to discover Harney among the notable people in the front row. 1985 P. Roazen Helene Deutsch p. x Whatever she felt to be her personal inadequacies, she knew that she had succeeded in becoming a notable teacher. 2. Without specific connotation of excellence, value, or importance. a. Easily noted; attracting notice; conspicuous, pronounced, manifest. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] > strikingly notablea1398 staring?a1425 loud1535 gross1581 strong1583 signal1591 conspicuous1604 marked1620 remarked1623 ranka1640 signalized1652 bold1678 flaming1706 glaring1706 telegraphic1809 salient1841 howling1865 insistent1868 rampageous1889 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 118 Orioun is most notable constellacioun by cause of hugenesse and also of fairnesse. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 2954 (MED) I mekely preie..Of Vlixes þe dreme to discrive..Declaryng hym be tokenes ful notable And by signes verray demonstrable..His fatal day þat shulde folwe sone. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 405 (MED) Tylle hit was made open by the manifestacion of a notable signe wheder parte awe to be folowede. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. vii. f. xlvi Y^e varyaunce bytwene prestes and prestes is more marked and more notable than any of the tother, bycause the prestes go more abrode. 1580 W. Fulke T. Stapleton & Martiall Confuted 100 Their habite..Augustine in his virgines forbiddeth to be notable or differing from other women. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiv. 164 To avoid all such things as are more notable in themselues: as a rugged attire, hirsute head, horrid beard. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. xxxv. 211 Mr Joshua Rigg..showed a notable change of manner, walking coolly up to Mr Standish and putting business questions. 1885 E. Fawcett Buntling Ball 107 He, the host of us, Should not be visible, Should not be notable. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xiii. 208 Nothing else was notable on deck, save where the loose topsail had played some havoc with the rigging. 1931 ‘F. O'Connor’ Guests of Nation 3 Not that they could have got far, for they had a notable accent and wore khaki tunics. 1933 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 1260 He will be notable, and will be observed. 2001 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 20 July 5 b Demjannuk..has another notable scar, this one on the inside of his upper left arm. b. Able to be noted or observed; noticeable, perceptible. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > perceptible to the mental view notablea1398 feelablec1443 tangible1709 noticeable1849 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 27^v Þise seuene maner pulses ben notable [L. notabiles] and esier to knowe þan þe oþir. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 14a Þer descendeþ..to ych arme 4 notable neruez, One bihyndefourþ, anoþer biforefourþ. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) vi. xxxv. f. ccxiii^v Theyr werkes hath no notable admixture or medlynge with ony euyll. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. There is a notable and sensible angle..which euermore is made by the meetyng of two seuerall lynes. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. No. 5 If your line be of any notable length, deuide it into fiue partes. And if it be not so long that it maie yelde fiue notable partes [etc.]. 1639 Laws Maryland in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 53 Drinking with excess to the notable perturbation of any organ of sence or motion. 1662 J. Ray Three Itin. iii. 171 We did not observe any notable taste in it, neither would it tincture siluer. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. i. i. 3 Chronology is the Regulation of Times, shewing by notable Signs or Tokens..the exact Time when every Action happen'd. 1765 J. Otis Vindic. Brit. Colonies 16 What notable harm has the song ‘Lillibullero’ wrought in the colonies? 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) 536 The kernels of the peach, the plum, the cherry,..also yield this essence in notable quantities. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights ‘Shall we go from this accursed spot?’ ‘Yes,’ said the Prince... But it was notable that he carefully read the name of the court before he left it. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. viii. 132 George Warham had made a notable inroad upon the food and drink. 1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 250/1 Proliferation of..astrocytes with prominent cytoplasmic processes was notable in the white matter of several brains. 1989 S. Peele Diseasing of Amer. iv. 133 Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments. 3. a. Of a person: industrious, energetic, capable, businesslike; spec. (usually of a woman) competent and efficient in household matters. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > diligent or industrious busyOE swinkfulOE laboriousa1393 virtuousc1450 eident1529 operose1546 laboursome1552 industrious1591 work-likea1642 work-brittle1647 notable1666 nitle1673 hard-working1682 worksome1830 shirtsleeve1864 workful1875 the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > clever or capable > specifically in household management notable1719 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > bustling or fussing stirringc1400 bustling1582 notable1719 scrimmaging1843 steerie1866 spuffling1893 squirrelly1928 1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 24 That such an one is a Wise, and a Thriving, or, in the common Phrase, a Notable man. 1719 Free-thinker No. 121. 2 I remember to have heard of a Notable Woman, who was thoroughly sensible of the Intrinsick Value of Time. 1729 W. Law Serious Call iii. 37 Penitens was a busy, notable tradesman, and very prosperous in his dealings. 1746 E. Carter Let. 5 Sept. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 110 Whether Telemachus (like a notable housewifely young man as he was) hung his cloaths upon a peg. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xlii. 372 Notable housewives have occasional ‘family-rummages’. 1865 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 409 Lady Cuxhaven, notable from girlhood, was using the blind-man's holiday to net fruit-nets. 1874 J. H. Ewing Lob Lie-by-the-Fire 34 Notable people complain, very properly, of thriftless and untidy ones. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables i. 2 She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done. †b. Relating to or of the nature of household management; domestic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [adjective] > relating to management or administration > relating to household management economicalc1487 economic1599 notable1787 1787 Generous Attachment II. 24 Engaged in every notable exercise which love and conjugal affection inspire. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 74 She had learned to detest all needlework of the notable kind. 1835 J. L. Motley Let. 27 July in Corr. (1889) I. iii. 60 I thought the whole scene at first too tidy, too notable, too housewifish. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ix. 209 Both ladies were perfect housewives,..keeping a notable superintendence over the kitchen. †B. adv. Notably, extremely. Obsolete. notable known: commonly or widely known. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adverb] notablya1398 oddlyc1400 notable1481 remarkably1615 noteworthily1864 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > remarkably or extraordinarily outnumenlyc1175 outnumenc1225 disguisilyc1325 notablya1398 speciallya1398 oddc1400 oddlyc1400 singularlyc1430 strangelya1450 notable1481 outragec1540 out-takingly1549 supernaturally1578 rarely1581 extraordinarily1593 signally1598 unvulgarly1602 unexpectedly1605 essentially?1606 remarkably1615 unusually1615 particularly1616 eminently1632 extraordinary1632 markablya1634 considerably1646 surprisingly1661 out-of-the-way1718 unco1724 conspicuouslya1732 heroically1735 uncommonly1751 strikingly1752 uncommon1784 pronouncedly1785 markedly1811 awesomea1835 noticeably1845 rousing1847 exceptionally1848 outstandingly1851 prominently1885 accentedly1904 hella1987 1481 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1847) II. 330 Within fourty dayis next it be notable knawyn the said James..sall [etc.]. 1511 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 191 On to the day..that the falȝe..be notable knawin be the said Mathowe. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 201 A notable good water shal com thereof, and most profitable to put away all veracions growing in the face. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Here neuer die seemeth superfluous, and yet notable well adorneth the sentence. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieutenant (1951) iia Dem. And was there not a..Lady? Cel. Oh, yes: a notable good wench. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 227 Some season of the year more notable hot then other. View more context for this quotation 1686 Love's Posie 19 If you follow these Maxims, I make no doubt, but you will be notable good at Passion in a little time. 1715 L. Theobald tr. Aristophanes Plutus iii. i. 35 He's coming, Mistress, with a notable strong Guard round him. 1794 R. Cumberland Jew ii. 28 I spent sixpence t'other night upon a farce, where there was a notable fine leg of lamb serv'd up. 1839 R. F. Williams Youth of Shakespeare I. p. v The cause of my entering on so notable ambitious a task will, perhaps, hold me excused in some measure. 1892 S. Grundy Haddon Hall i. 19 Verily, these be notable good works. C. n. 1. In plural. Noteworthy or significant facts or things. Now rare except in Natural History use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice notabilityc1390 notables1484 bumming sound1598 grandee1622 observable1639 remarkable1639 observanda1663 remark1675 observation1736 crowning glory1780 attentiona1806 notabilia1849 day1918 one for the (end) books (also book)1922 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [noun] > thing or person notables1484 remarkable1639 rouser1824 personality1848 notabilia1849 lulu1886 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlix. 72 She gaf them these two notables, to thende they shold know their faute. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 299 Ane litill memoriale..with principale accidentis and notables of the sam. 1653 H. Whistler Aime at Up-shot Infant Baptisme 17 Helping against you by many Notables in the very Text. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy (R.) Varro's aviary is still so famous, that it is reckoned for one of those notables, which foreign nations record. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 107 There's no trusting to a widow..addressed by an old batchelor, who..offers to leave her ten thousand pounds better than he found her, and sole mistress besides, of all her Notables! 1961 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 88 60 Some notables among the various mushrooms we found were a cluster of Collybia myriadophylla. 1991 Bird Watching June 41/1 Few reports came in from Cambridgeshire, notables being an Osprey briefly at Little Paxton..and..a single Blue-headed Wagtail at Fen Drayton. 1994 Impact Oct. 40/1 The notables include..the mantra-laden title track which holds you fast. 2. a. French History. In plural. In pre-revolutionary France: a body of prominent men summoned by the king as a deliberative assembly in times of national emergency. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > member of council of state > in France notable1569 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 482 All worthy nobles and estates of the same realme of Fraunce, as well spirituals as temporals, and also Cities, notables and commonalties. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 4 This is a trueth..which you so solidly confirmed at the last assembly of Notables. 1789 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 201/1 Mr. Necker had at the beginning of winter summoned a new convention of Notables. 1790 A. Young Jrnl. 16 Jan. in Trav. France (1792) i. 275 From the very commencement of the revolution, at the first meeting of the notables. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 8/1 It was thought advisable to calm such feelings by summoning an assembly of Notables, who met at Rouen late in the year. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 471 An extraordinary meeting of the privy council, or rather an assembly of Notables, which had been convoked at Whitehall. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. vi. 317 An article..providing for the appointment of thirty-six ‘notables’. 1965 Economist 27 Nov. 926/1 The new gaullism has allied itself with the notables, France's establishment. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 1211/3 An author who can..assume that centralization inevitably served the cause of the notables, does not inspire confidence as a historian of French counter-revolution. b. gen. A noteworthy, eminent, or distinguished person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 1796 R. Bage Hermsprong I. xiii. 138 So Mr. Woodcock got a wife; a good one; one of the notables. 1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 13 19 The notables of Egypt. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ix. 211 The notables of the town were fast assembling. 1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 159 The real power in each tribe is in the hands of an assembly of notables. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 484/2 The clan is generally subdivided into smaller communities..each administered by a local notable. 1952 J. L. Waten Alien Son 70 The president of the Philanthropic Society, the leading notable in the community. 1986 S. Middleton After Dinner's Sleep ii. 17 Alistair..saw a great deal of his eldest on the television screen, interviewing notables. Compounds C1. notable-looking adj. ΚΠ a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. xxiv. 250 The little notable-looking brown hands, with the wedding-ring for sole ornament. 1988 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 28 Aug. 27 A cast which includes..some notable-looking bit players. † notable tongued adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore i. i. 65 This Lodouico, is a notable tounged fellow. C2. † notable goods n. Law Obsolete testamentary goods of or above a certain value (various opinions on the precise significance of the phrase are given by Swinburne). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > heritable property > of a certain amount notable goods1590 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vi. f. 222 What is ment by Notable goods, in this place, or when they are so to be tearmed, diuers authors haue bene of diuers opinions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.c1390
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