imitable

English

Etymology

From French imitable, from Latin imitābilis. See imitate.

Adjective

imitable (comparative more imitable, superlative most imitable)

1. Capable of being imitated or copied.
   • 1705, Francis Atterbury, Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at the Funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet:

     The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers.

2. Worthy of imitation.
   • 1616, Walter Raleigh, “Of fortune: and of the reason of some things that seem to be by fortune, and against reason and providence.”, in The History of the World, section XV:

     otherwise how were it possible, that the most base men, and separate from all imitable qualities, could so often attain to honour and riches, but by such an observant slavish course ?

Antonyms

• inimitable

Related terms

• imitate
• imitation

Translations

capable of being imitated

• Japanese: 真似られる (ja) (manerareru), 模倣されやすい (ja) (mohō sareyasui)

worthy of being imitated

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Adjective

imitable (plural imitables)

1. imitable

   Antonym: inimitable

Further reading

• “imitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.