remarkable English · revision 6219

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation, borrowing|attested=1604|origins=frm remarquer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪˈmɑː.kə.bl̩/ ''(UK)''; /ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|remarquable]] (16th century), or formed in English from the verb [[remark]] and [[-able]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|frm|remarquer|t=to take note of]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Worthy of notice; hence extraordinary or unusual: 1604 in the OED,^(OED 1989) about 1604 in MWU,^(MWU 2024) about 1600 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 17th and 18th centuries it also meant merely perceptible (1622) or conspicuous (1726), senses now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) From the 17th to the 19th century ''remarkables'' were noteworthy things or events,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) a noun still used in Scots.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1604 – worthy of notice, extraordinary.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1622 – perceptible (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1639 – a remarkable thing, as a noun.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Worthy of [[notice]] or attention.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Unusual or [[extraordinary]]; [[striking]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remarkableness]]

+ * [[remarkably]]

+ * [[remarkability]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remark]]

+ * [[mark]]

+ * [[noteworthy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}