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notability

[noh-tuh-bil-i-tee]
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noun, plural no·ta·bil·i·ties for 2.
  1. the state or quality of being notable; distinction; prominence.
  2. a notable or prominent person.

Origin of notability

First recorded in 1350–1400, notability is from the Middle English word notabilite. See notable, -ity
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Related Words for notability

weight, influence, rank, renown, esteem, fame, standing, prepotency, preeminence, mark, note, significance, repute, luster, power, greatness, authority, prestige, loftiness, dignity

Examples from the Web for notability

Historical Examples of notability

  • All that went on they had their share in, and a kind of acquaintance with every notability.

    Royal Edinburgh

    Margaret Oliphant

  • Mary has infected me with her notability, and I'm going to work mamma a footstool.

    Wives and Daughters

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

  • He recognized, in those lines of opposing counsel, an array of notability.

    The Tempering

    Charles Neville Buck

  • But when one marks its date, its notability is enhanced impressively.

  • He came of good family of county rank, and his personal character raised him to the eminence of a notability in Staffordshire.

    The Annals of Willenhall

    Frederick William Hackwood

British Dictionary definitions for notability

notability

noun plural -ties
  1. the state or quality of being notable
  2. a distinguished person; notable
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Word Origin and History for notability
n.

late 14c., from Old French notabilite, from Medieval Latin *notabilitatem (nominative *notabilitas), from Latin notabilis (see notable).

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