laudable

From Middle English laudable, from Old French laudable or directly from Latin laudabilis; equivalent to laud +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːdəbl/

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laudable (comparative more laudable, superlative most laudable)

1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable

   laudable motives

   laudable actions

   laudable ambition

2. Healthy; salubrious; having a disposition to promote healing

   laudable juices of the body

   laudable pus

   Antonym: noxious

• praiseworthy, commendable

• laudable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• laudable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Borrowed from Latin laudabilis.

• IPA^(key): /lauˈdable/ [lau̯ˈð̞a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: lau‧da‧ble

laudable (plural laudables)

1. praiseworthy

• laudar

• “laudable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014