notability

[noh-tuh-bil-i-tee]

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noun, plural no·ta·bil·i·ties for 2.

the state or quality of being notable; distinction; prominence.

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

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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.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;
Clark S. Beardslee
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

the state or quality of being notable

a distinguished person; notable

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Word Origin and History for notability

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