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

   Antonym: noxious

   laudable juices of the body

   laudable pus

• praiseworthy, commendable

• “laudable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “laudable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Latin laudābilis.

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

laudable m or f (masculine and feminine plural laudables)

1. praiseworthy

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