notability

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From notable + -ity; alternatively, may be analyzed as note + -ability.

Behind the priest and a chanter stood the notabilities on a spot reserved for them. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
He instinctively shut up before literary display, and pomp and donnishness of manner, faults which always will beset academical notabilities. — Apologia pro vita sua : $b being a history of his religious opinions, John Henry Newman
The notabilities and even the simple notorieties of the day brought each other freely to that temple of an old woman’s not ignoble curiosity. — The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, Joseph Conrad

luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable

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