notable English · revision 10228

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1340|origins=fro notable|origins=la notabilis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/ ''(UK)''; /ˈnoʊtəbl̩/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English notabile, later notable,^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|fro|notable|t=well-known, remarkable]] and directly from Latin notābilis, noteworthy, extraordinary,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from notāre, to mark, note, from nota, a mark, sign (see [[note]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) with the suffix [[-able]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Worthy of note, important: about 1340, in Rolle's ''Psalter'',^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of persons, well-known, prominent or worthy of respect, it is from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Easily noticed or conspicuous is from 1533 and now obsolete,^(OED 1989) and noticeable or perceptible from 1551, now only in chemistry.^(OED 1989) In the 17th century it was also applied to industrious, energetic people.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) The noun, a person of distinction, is from about 1447 in Barnhart^(Barnhart 1988) and by 1815 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1340 – worthy of note.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * early 15th century – of persons, prominent.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1447 – a notable person (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1533 – conspicuous.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1666 – energetic.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Worthy of notice; [[remarkable]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Distinguished or [[eminent]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person of distinction or reputation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[notableness]]

+ * [[notably]]

+ * [[nonnotable]]

+ * [[notability]]

+ * [[unnotable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[note]]

+ * [[noted]]

+ * [[notice]]

+ * [[noteworthy]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Scots and northern English dialect, notable was said of a woman who was active, industrious and thrifty.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}