Word of the Day for Thursday November 10, 2005 laudable \LAW-duh-bul\, adjective: Worthy of praise; commendable. Her first answer was laudable -- she wrote that yes, she would remain engaged to a man who fell seriously ill subsequent to the engagement. --Enid Nemy, "Metropolitan Diary," [1]New York Times, January 11, 1999 The second sense in which we are feminist researchers comes from our belief that equity between boys and girls, men and women, is a laudable goal. --Justine Cassell and Henry Jenkins (editors), [2]From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games _________________________________________________________ Laudable comes from Latin laudabilis, from laudare, "to praise," from laus, laud-, "praise." References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0262531682/ref=nosim/lexico Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=laudable