creditable
/ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Credible or believable.
adj
That brings credit or honour; respectable.
adj
That can be assigned; assignable.
Example Sentences
- "Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed."
- "A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ..."
- "The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store."
Etymology
Etymology tree English credit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English creditable From credit + -able.
Inflected Forms
more creditable (comparative)
most creditable (superlative)