venerable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective impressive by reason of age
  2. adjective profoundly honored

Etymology

From Middle French vénérable, from Old French, from Latin venerabilis.

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