Inestimable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inestimable \In*es"ti*ma*ble\, a. [L. inaestimabilis: cf. F.
     inestimable. See {In-} not, and {Estimate}.]
     Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too
     valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated;
     above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
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           But above all, for thine inestimable love. --Bk. of
                                                    Com. Prayer.
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           Science is too inestimable for expression by a money
           standard.                                --Lyon
                                                    Playfair.
  
     Syn: Incalculable; invaluable; priceless.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inestimable
       adj : beyond calculation or measure; "of incalculable value"; "an
             incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value";
             "immeasurable wealth" [syn: {incomputable}, {immeasurable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "inestimable":
     beyond price, certain, dear, golden, good as gold, immeasurable,
     ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, invaluable, measureless,
     necessary, of great price, precious, priceless, rich, unavoidable,
     uncountable, unevadable, unmeasurable, unmeasured, valuable,
     worthy