thankworthyadj.
Worthy of thanks; deserving gratitude or credit.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective]
loflyOE
herewortha1225
praisablec1350
provablea1382
heryful1382
praisefulc1384
commendablec1386
lowablea1400
allowablec1400
meritable?1400
laudablec1420
thankworthy1421
lovablec1422
thankworth?1426
thanklewe1430
recommendable1477
meritoriousa1513
praiseworthya1538
apprisablec1540
plausible1561
praiseworth1591
applausive1605
allaudable1727
1421 H. Luttrell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 86 Wherfore..he ys thankworthy.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer Prol. f. cccxxv Although this boke be lytel thanke worthy for the leudnesse in trauaile.
1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Diiiiv Thy labour is ryght myche thanke worthy.
1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) 1 Pet. ii. 19 For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe, sufferinge wrongfully.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 202 No lesse thanks worthie a part of seruice.
1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 31 It would not be thank-worthy for a man to believe that which of necessity he must believe.
1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter Introd. 17 A faulty but at that time thankworthy book.
Derivatives
ˈthankˌworthily adv. in a thankworthy manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adverb]
worshipfullyc1350
a pricea1400
lovably?a1425
laudably1477
praisablya1525
commendably1531
thankworthily1553
praiseworthily1555
plausibly1589
recommendably1611
creditably1848
1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration C vij To exercise our selues godly and thankeworthyly.
1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell i. i. 7 And we that do it, we do it for all men's good, For the main people's love, thankworthily.
ˈthankˌworthiness n. the quality or condition of being thankworthy.
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1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thank-worthiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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