loveworthinessn.
/ˈlʌvˌwəːðɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈləvˌwərðinᵻs/ The state or condition of being loveworthy.
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the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > quality of being worthy of love
love-worth?1611
adorability1637
loveworthiness1845
adorableness1876
1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 564/2 It could not fail that the Chevalier, comforted at heart, should revive anew all the love-worthiness, once peculiar to him.
1867 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) I. 278 The perception of His loveworthiness must tend to swallow up our sense of benefits received from him.
1899 F. P. Cobbe in Daily News 27 May 7/1 The nobility and loveworthiness of human nature.
1922 E. H. Hickey Devotional Poems 16 You, love-worthy Maid, Whom all the generations rise to bless, Drew God to you in your love-worthiness.
1953 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 12 91 Success not only confirmed the winner's force of character, but also his love-worthiness and moral value.
1998 S. R. L. Clark in D. E. Cooper & J. A. Palmer Spirit of Environm. iv. 51 Whatever we encounter we should love and honour, and also (obviously) recall our own love-worthiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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