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English
Etymology
From merit + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩/
- Hyphenation: mer‧it‧able
Adjective
meritable (comparative more meritable, superlative most meritable)
- Deserving of reward.
1609, Ben Jonson, The Case is Altered, London: D. Midwinter et al., published 1756, scæne 8:I euer, euer, and the people generally are very acceptiue and apt to applaud any meritable worke, but there are two ſorts of perſons that moſt commonly are infectious to a whole auditory.
2010 June 14, James Waindi, “Phineas Kimathi roars back to Safari Rally”, in The Standard:He ended up in a meritable fourth position after an 8-year absence.
2013 July 9, Dan Solomon, “Miranda July Explains How To Make Art Out Of Everyday Emails”, in Fast Company:“I made a list of 20 different topics, sort of genres of email, and I sent those to 10 different “meritable” people–some of whom I know and some who I had to do some work to get to–and they had to scavenge through their Sent folders and find one example of each of these kind of emails. Then each week, there’s kind of a themed compendium of all 10 of them,” July explains.
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