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imitable

[ im-i-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable or worthy of being imitated:

    She has many good, imitable qualities.



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Other Words From

  • imi·ta·bili·ty imi·ta·ble·ness noun
  • nonim·i·ta·bili·ty noun
  • non·imi·ta·ble adjective
  • un·imi·ta·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of imitable1

1540–50; < Latin imitābilis, equivalent to imitā ( ) to imitate + -bilis -ble
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Example Sentences

God's procedure when imitable forms a peculiar argument for duty.

He says, not by sacrifice, or by a Mediator, but by a steady adherence to all that is great and good and imitable in nature.

But is not usage against your use of ‘imitable’ at p. 100, meaning what ought not, not what cannot, be imitated?

Such heroic acts are not imitable but by men furnished with like heroic spirit, and instinct divine.

On the whole, a teacher needs to guard his pupils against his imitable peculiarities.

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