worthy
noun
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L330631 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- judged acceptable, often for religious purposes
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːði/ / /ˈwɝði/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþiġ (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugur (“worthy”).
- Having worth, merit, or value.
“These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities”
“This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.”
- Admirable or honourable.
“that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding.”
- Deserving, or having sufficient worth.
“1 And I saw in þe right hand of him that sate on the Throne, a booke written within, & on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales. 2 And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof? 3 And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to reade the booke, neither to looke thereon.”
“[I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, […]”
- Suited; suitable; befitting.
“No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.”
“[…] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.”
name
Etymology: Possibly from worthy.
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Porlock parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS8548).
noun
Etymology: From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþiġ (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugur (“worthy”).
- A distinguished or eminent person.
“That worthy one day, in our absence, being caught in the act of culpable talpicide, was rebuked by his mistress for disobeying his master's orders.”
- a good, wise and virtuous person.
“Confucius and Mencius are revered as the Sages and Worthies of Confucianism.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English worthien, wurthien, from Old English weorþian (“to esteem, honor, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, adorn, deck, enrich, reward”), from Proto-Germanic *werþōną (“to be worthy, estimate, appreciate, appraise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with German werten (“to rate, judge, grade, score”), Swedish värdera (“to evaluate, rate, size up, assess, estimate”), Icelandic virða (“to respect, esteem”).
- To render or treat as worthy.
“And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king […]”
“After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.”