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admirable

adj
/ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/

Etymology

From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from its etymon, Latin admirābilis. By surface analysis, admire + -able.

  1. derived from admirābilis
  2. derived from admirable
  3. inherited from admyrable

Definitions

  1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

    Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.

    • It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.
    • The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

  2. Good or heroic.

    • The act of putting out the burning fires was admirable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at admirable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01admirable02estimable03valuable04personal05subjects06subject07lying08lies09wonderful

A definitional loop anchored at admirable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at admirable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA