im·i·ta·ble \-əbəl\adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin imitabilis, from imitari + -abilis -able 1.: capable of being imitated or copied < the music is curiously devoid of those analyzable — and imitable — features — Winthrop Sargeant > 2.: worthy of imitation • im·i·ta·ble·nessnoun-es