Dictionary

meritable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩/

Etymology

From merit + -able.

Meanings

1. Deserving of reward.
   • “I made a list of 20 different topics, sort of genres of email, and I sent those to 10 different “meritable” people–some of whom I know and some who I had to do some work to get to–and they had to scavenge through their Sent folders and find one example of each of these kind of emails. Then each week, there’s kind of a themed compendium of all 10 of them,” July explains. 2013 July 9, Dan Solomon, “Miranda July Explains How To Make Art Out Of Everyday Emails”, in Fast Company:
   • I euer, euer, and the people generally are very acceptiue and apt to applaud any meritable worke, but there are two ſorts of perſons that moſt commonly are infectious to a whole auditory. 1609, Ben Jonson, The Case is Altered, London: D. Midwinter et al., published 1756, scæne 8:
   • He ended up in a meritable fourth position after an 8-year absence. 2010 June 14, James Waindi, “Phineas Kimathi roars back to Safari Rally”, in The Standard:

Forms

Deriveds

unmeritable

Synonyms

meritorious