prizable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpraɪzəbl/ UK /ˈpraɪzəbl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
worthy of being valued or esteemed

Honesty is a prizable quality in any colleague.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · worthy of being valued or... valuable estimable preciouscherishableworthytreasurable

Opposites

worthless valueless

Word family

Related forms prize prized appraise

Etymology

From prize (verb, 'to value highly', from Old French preisier 'to praise, value', from Late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium 'price, value') + the suffix -able.

preisier Old French pretium Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prizable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈpraɪzəbl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpraɪzəbl/

## Meanings
1. worthy of being valued or esteemed

## Examples
- Honesty is a prizable quality in any colleague.

## Synonyms
- valuable
- estimable
- precious
- cherishable
- worthy
- treasurable

## Antonyms
- worthless
- valueless

## Related Forms
- prize
- prized
- appraise

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: preisier
- Root: pretium

## Etymology
From prize (verb, 'to value highly', from Old French preisier 'to praise, value', from Late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium 'price, value') + the suffix -able.

## AI Etymology
Prizable comes from prize (verb, 'to value highly', from Old French preisier 'to praise, value', from Late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium 'price, value') + the suffix -able. The historical chain includes Old French preisier and Latin pretium. The quoted older senses, "to value highly", "to praise, value", and "price, value", supply the semantic anchors for prizable. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word prizable carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "worthy of being valued or esteemed". Related English forms include prize, prized, and appraise. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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