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Notability   Listen
noun
Notability  n.  (pl. notabilities)  
1.
Quality of being notable.
2.
A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. "Parisian notabilities"
3.
A notable saying. (Obs.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Notability" Quotes from Famous Books



... — N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness. import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest. greatness &c 31; superiority &c 33; notability &c (repute) 873; weight &c (influence) 175; value &c (goodness) 648; usefulness &c 644. gravity, seriousness, solemnity; no joke, no laughing matter; pressure, urgency, stress; matter of life and death. memorabilia, notabilia^, great doings; red-letter day. great thing, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... part in the rather banal smile which played over his lips, as if the accustomed expression of indifference could never be obliterated. The indolent lines about his mouth were not those of temperament, because if he spoke to a Finance Minister or other notability, although there was no arrogance in his manner, it might be noticed that the instinctive consciousness of his own millions never left him. He had a naturally honorable disposition, which showed itself in every line, and made any ...
— The Malady of the Century • Max Nordau


Words linked to "Notability" :   leading light, celebrity, famous person


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