a. [ F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoepists, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Well-known; notorious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] | 