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語源

From Middle French inestimable, from Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“un-”, “not”) + aestimābilis (“estimable”). Equivalent to in- +‎ estimable.

発音

• IPA: /ɪˈnɛs.tɪ.mə.bəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭnĕsʹtĭməbl, IPA: /ɪnˈɛstɪməbl/

形容詞

inestimable (not comparable)

1. Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.

   The Voyager spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.

   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence:

     He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

2. Venerable, great.
   • 1789, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 15:

     On my arrival hither I found a letter from the inestimable Mr. Wythe, by which he informs me that in consequence of a late act of our general assembly he remains the sole judge of the high court of chancery.

派生語

参照

• “inestimable, a. (n.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2 Ed.; 1989]