Not″a‐ble (?), a. [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]
1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
☞ Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, nŏt″ȧ‐b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.
3. Well-known; notorious. Chaucer.