remarkable, from no to =to mark; nota =a mark, a notable

& s. [Fr., from Lat. notabilis note; Sp. notable; Ital, not a bile.] IMG:content-0128.png:[blocks in formation] or distinction. 1. Ord Lang .: A person or thing worthy of note "Varro's aviary is still so famous, that it is reckoned for one of those notables , which foreign nations record." -Add is on: On Italy. 2. French Hist.: A number of persons, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king prior to the Revolution of 1789, to constitute a representative body (the A embly of the Notables) of the kingdom.