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sight-worthy, a.|ˈsaɪtwɜːðɪ|
[f. sight n.1 + worthy a.]
Worth seeing or visiting.
1605Daniel Queen's Arcadia Ded., For maiesty, and power, can nothing see Without it selfe, that can sight⁓worthy be. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. iv. 159 Cambridge..and Oxford,..where the worst Colledge is more sight-worthy then the best Dutch Gymnasium. 1791Bentham Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 263 For sight-worthy persons at Plymouth, More mentioned Mudge, whom you know of old. 1894C. H. Cook Thames Rights 111 Objects not so sight-worthy as broadcloth.
Hence ˈsight-worthiness.
1849J. Forbes Physician's Holiday ii. (1850) 13 A temporary halt may be called, according to the nature or sight-worthiness of the locality. |