WORTHINESS, WORTHY
ADJECTIVES
1000 — DEAR of persons: glorious, noble, honourable, worthy → obs.
1175 — DEARWORTH — DERWORTH worthy, honourable, noble, glorious → obs.
1275 — GOODFUL excellent, worthy, virtuous
1300 — PRICE worthy, noble; praiseworthy, commendable → obs.
1350 — TIDY of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful → obs.
1374 — DEARWORTHY — DERWORTHY worthy, honourable, noble, glorious → obs.
1400 — PRICEFUL worthy → obs.
1450 — PRETTY bold, gallant, brave; polite, respectable; worthy, admirable, splendid
1480 — VALIANT of great worth or merit; worthy → obs.
1500 — PAREGAL adequate; adequately qualified; worthy → obs.
1560 — GELLY — JELLY good, worthy, excellent; having a high opinion of oneself; proud, haughty → Sc.
1592 — VALOROUS having value, worth, or merit; valuable → obs.
1630 — DIGNOUS worthy, honourable → obs.
1631 — RIGHT-HAND favoured, commendable; worthy, sincere; said of an action or thing
1650 — PAINSWORTHY worthy of trouble; worth taking pains about
1689 — BULLY of persons: worthy, ‘jolly’, admirable
1698 — DENTY pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child → Sc.
1802 — CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory → Sc.
1827 — MARKWORTHY worthy of note
1830 — KEEP-WORTHY worth keeping; worthy of being kept
1830 — WORTH ONE’S SALT efficient; worthy of one’s pay
1911 — BRAW worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect → Sc. (Bk.)
1970 — CLOSE TO PLUTO worthy of high approval; beyond → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1972 — EVERYDAY special; worthy of continual attention → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1325 — DEARWORTHINESS preciousness, worthiness, valuableness → obs.
1422 — VALURE worthiness or merit → obs.
1425 — ABLENESS merit, worthiness → obs.
1540 — PRICEHEAD worthiness, excellence, valour → obs.
1624 — THE GREAT AND THE GOOD worthy people; frequently ironic
1895 — MARKER something worthy to be compared → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1325 — BEST a most worthy or excellent person → obs.
VERBS
1627 — BETEEM to think a person worthy, to admit the worth of → obs.
.M19 — BE WORTH ONE’S CORN to be worth one’s wages, one’s keep → colloq., orig. farmers’ usage
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