worthfuladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈwəːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈwərθf(ə)l/

Forms: see worth n.¹ and -ful suffix; also early Middle English wurrþfull ( Ormulum), 1500s wyrthfull.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worth n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < worth n.¹ + -ful suffix; in later use perhaps re-formed after worthless adj. Compare German wertvoll valuable, useful, honourable.

†1. Of a person: worthy, honourable; deserving of respect; esteemed. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): worthy or honourable people collectively. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]

faireOE

wortheOE

worthlyeOE

worthfulOE

menskful?c1225

toldc1275

digne1297

of price?a1300

worshiply1340

worthya1350

menska1375

thriftyc1374

worshipfula1375

worthilya1375

honesta1382

honourablec1384

unshamedc1384

sada1387

of reputationc1390

well-nameda1393

reverent1398

worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400

celebrable?c1400

honouredc1400

worshipablec1425

substantialc1449

undefameda1450

unreviled?1457

honorousa1500

reputed?1532

well-thought-ona1533

well-spoken1539

credible1543

undespised?1548

imitable1550

famous1555

undistained1565

undefame1578

untarred1579

well-reputed1583

unsoiledc1592

dishonourless1595

well-deemed1595

nameworthy1598

regardful1600

indisgraced1606

credenta1616

undishonoureda1616

unscandalized1618

unscandalous1618

unslandered1622

untainted1627

dignousa1636

undisparaged1636

considerable1641

unbranded1641

glorifiable1651

reputable1671

unsullied1743

unstigmatized1778

undisgraced1812

unstained1863

well-thought-of1865

uncompromised1882

scandal-proof1904

cred1987

OE Beowulf (2008) 3099 Swa he manna wæs wigend weorðfullost wide geond eorðan.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 8 Ðonne þu byst to gyftum gelaþod ne site þu on þam fyrmestan setle, þelæs wenunga sum wurðfulra [sig yngelaðod fram hym].

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Se cyng Willelm..wæs swiðe wis man & swiðe rice & wurðfulre and strengere þonne ænig his foregenga wære.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5195 Helyas wass..an wurrþfull prophete.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1481 Ȝef he is wurþful & aht man.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 Þe heȝe men..and þe hardi and þe worþuolle.

1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 126 Ryght wyrthfull sir, with due reverens my duty remembred [etc.].

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick Ep. Ded. Disdain not therefore (most worthful and precious spirit)..to vouchsafe the view of these Artless Lines.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. x. 13) 166 As any man is more worthfull, he is more modest.

1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. 272 Those high-born dames and worthful females whom Margaret the queen had drawn about her.

a1909 G. Tyrrell Autobiogr. (1912) I. 238 The more worthful have to repair the defective training of the noviceship.

1913 E. C. Branson in J. E. McCulloch South mobilizing for Social Service viii. 393 An illiterate home and farm owner is a far more worthful man and citizen and really is far better educated than the man who speaks many languages and is ignorant in them all.

†2. Of an action, behaviour, etc.: showing due honour; respectful, reverent. Obsolete.In quot. a1325 apparently postmodifying feið, hence ‘honourable faith’.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective]

worthfulOE

honourablea1393

courteousa1475

respecting1573

respective1579

respectful1593

louting1602

respectuous1610

honouring1614

assenting1752

deferent1822

deferential1822

deferring1829

unscornful1897

Schweikist1968

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxx. 435 Micele swiðor gedafenað þæt we hine on þyssere mæran freolstide his eadigan meder mid lofsangum & wurðfullum herungum [lOE Vesp. D. xiv wurðfulle herunge] wurþian sceolon.

lOE Revival of Monasticism in D. Whitelock et al. Councils & Synods (1981) I. 150 He..on þam fyrmestum stowum [e]alles his anwealdes munecas gestaþolode to weorþfulre þenunge Hælendes Cristes.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2678 Teremuth un-eðes migte timen Ðat moyses sal wið hire forð-nimen, Or haue he hire pligt & sworen Ðat him sal feið wurðful ben boren.

3. Having worth or value; valuable; precious.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective]

dearc888

dearworthc888

worthlyeOE

oughtsOE

worthfulOE

aughtOE

richa1225

gildenc1225

of pricea1325

worthya1325

of (‥) valourc1330

prow1340

dearworthyc1374

of value1395

pricefula1400

presc1400

singularc1400

goldena1425

well-foundc1475

valiant1481

prized1487

prowousa1500

valuable1567

prizable1569

valorous1592

suit-worth1594

bully1600

estimable1600

treasurable1607

treasurous?1611

treasured1675

pearly1770

at a premium1828

keep-worthy1830

good value1842

OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xiv. 22 Ða het se cyngc hine sona gescridan mid wurðfullan scrude.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 471 His wundri werkes & wurðful in eorðe.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 113 Þet ha..strengeð & deð menske hire wurðfule saule.

a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 Turn to þe worlde þi wurðful rode þet þu spreddest þe on.

1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus sig. C4 Let not ambitious ignorance forbid Thy worthfull stile immortall praise to gaine.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. D^v That prince that worthfull praise aspires, From hearts, and not from lips, applause desires.

1664 W. Martin in R. Brownrig 25 Serm. II. Ep. Ded. sig. Aii One Grain of Grace is infinitely more precious, and worthful, then the whole Earth, though turned into a Globe of Gold.

?1798 T. J. Mathias Grove (ed. 2) 8 Those worthful times are past, And now in vain around my eyes I cast.

1879 G. F. Pentecost ‘In Vol. of Book’ (1882) vi. 43 Just as a man's note is only current and worthful because the man is good.

1888 F. J. Furnivall Notices Early Eng. Text Soc. 3 Some [sc. Lives of Saints] are dull..But..all are worthful for the history of our language.

1894 C. B. Upton Lect. Bases Relig. Belief: Hibbert Lect. 298 The presence of absolutely worthful ideas in our consciousness.

1962 G. Harkness in F. H. Littell Reformation Stud. 14 I cannot say there was no drudgery about it, but the drudgery was redeemed by an interest that made it worthful.

1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. (City Times section) 2 Not ‘saintly’ in any sanctimonious sense but in the sense of wholesomeness, and dedicated to what is good and worthful.

2002 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 8 May (Features section) 50 It was the girls and women that suffered the most, being denied education of any worthful sort.

Derivatives

† worthfulhead n. Obsolete honour, dignity.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun]

worshipeOE

worthOE

dignity?c1225

worthsc1225

mund?c1250

pricea1325

worthfulheada1325

valourc1330

dignesse1399

value?a1400

honesty1418

worthiheadc1425

honourabilityc1426

worthihood?1457

sadnessa1513

honourableness1553

respect1567

worshipfulty1589

ingenuity1598

creditableness1647

honorificabilitudinity1656

worshipfulness1663

reputability1792

creditability1805

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3499 Ne let ðu nogt min wurð ful hed For-faren in ðe fendes red.

ˈworthfulness n. (a) honour, dignity; worthiness; (b) the fact or quality of having worth or value.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun]

worthOE

worthfulnessOE

price?c1225

savour?c1225

aughtshipc1275

dearworthinessc1325

worthiness1372

preciousnessc1390

richesa1400

preciosity1402

valeur1433

valurec1440

preciousheadc1450

vail1471

paragea1475

valour?a1475

availa1522

vailance1532

validity1593

carat1600

condignity1605

valiant1606

esteeming1609

self-worth1610

telling1636

valuableness?1649

worthship1664

treasurableness1898

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 22 Swa swa god ælmihtig oferstihð ealle gesceafta, swa oferstihð seo sawul ealle lichamlice gesceafta mid wurðfulnysse [c1175 Bodl. 343 mid wurðfulnesse] hyre gecyndes.

lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 96 Godas gife..hine swiðe þeawlice gefrætewode & geglæinde mid wurðfulnesse.

1790 T. Chapman New Universal Let. Writer lxxiii. 60 I know not what to say of your worthfulness but only this..I will leave the excellency thereof to a more honourable invention.

1894 Pentecost in Brit. Weekly 20 Sept. 338 Make this the touchstone of worthfulness in selecting the books.

1907 Relig. Educ. Oct. 154 In the educational world of India the worthfulness of the method of learning by doing is receiving definite recognition.

2004 J. Klinkowitz Vonnegut Effect p. xi These same middle-class values..were put up against both historical outrages and seemingly supernatural threats—and in Vonnegut's work they came out of it not only still standing but also with a new sense of worthfulness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	worthful
释义	worthfuladj.n. Brit. /ˈwəːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈwərθf(ə)l/ Forms: see worth n.¹ and -ful suffix; also early Middle English wurrþfull ( Ormulum), 1500s wyrthfull. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worth n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < worth n.¹ + -ful suffix; in later use perhaps re-formed after worthless adj. Compare German wertvoll valuable, useful, honourable. †1. Of a person: worthy, honourable; deserving of respect; esteemed. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): worthy or honourable people collectively. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] faireOE wortheOE worthlyeOE worthfulOE menskful?c1225 toldc1275 digne1297 of price?a1300 worshiply1340 worthya1350 menska1375 thriftyc1374 worshipfula1375 worthilya1375 honesta1382 honourablec1384 unshamedc1384 sada1387 of reputationc1390 well-nameda1393 reverent1398 worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400 celebrable?c1400 honouredc1400 worshipablec1425 substantialc1449 undefameda1450 unreviled?1457 honorousa1500 reputed?1532 well-thought-ona1533 well-spoken1539 credible1543 undespised?1548 imitable1550 famous1555 undistained1565 undefame1578 untarred1579 well-reputed1583 unsoiledc1592 dishonourless1595 well-deemed1595 nameworthy1598 regardful1600 indisgraced1606 credenta1616 undishonoureda1616 unscandalized1618 unscandalous1618 unslandered1622 untainted1627 dignousa1636 undisparaged1636 considerable1641 unbranded1641 glorifiable1651 reputable1671 unsullied1743 unstigmatized1778 undisgraced1812 unstained1863 well-thought-of1865 uncompromised1882 scandal-proof1904 cred1987 OE Beowulf (2008) 3099 Swa he manna wæs wigend weorðfullost wide geond eorðan. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 8 Ðonne þu byst to gyftum gelaþod ne site þu on þam fyrmestan setle, þelæs wenunga sum wurðfulra [sig yngelaðod fram hym]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Se cyng Willelm..wæs swiðe wis man & swiðe rice & wurðfulre and strengere þonne ænig his foregenga wære. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5195 Helyas wass..an wurrþfull prophete. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1481 Ȝef he is wurþful & aht man. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 Þe heȝe men..and þe hardi and þe worþuolle. 1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 126 Ryght wyrthfull sir, with due reverens my duty remembred [etc.]. 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick Ep. Ded. Disdain not therefore (most worthful and precious spirit)..to vouchsafe the view of these Artless Lines. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. x. 13) 166 As any man is more worthfull, he is more modest. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. 272 Those high-born dames and worthful females whom Margaret the queen had drawn about her. a1909 G. Tyrrell Autobiogr. (1912) I. 238 The more worthful have to repair the defective training of the noviceship. 1913 E. C. Branson in J. E. McCulloch South mobilizing for Social Service viii. 393 An illiterate home and farm owner is a far more worthful man and citizen and really is far better educated than the man who speaks many languages and is ignorant in them all. †2. Of an action, behaviour, etc.: showing due honour; respectful, reverent. Obsolete.In quot. a1325 apparently postmodifying feið, hence ‘honourable faith’. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] worthfulOE honourablea1393 courteousa1475 respecting1573 respective1579 respectful1593 louting1602 respectuous1610 honouring1614 assenting1752 deferent1822 deferential1822 deferring1829 unscornful1897 Schweikist1968 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxx. 435 Micele swiðor gedafenað þæt we hine on þyssere mæran freolstide his eadigan meder mid lofsangum & wurðfullum herungum [lOE Vesp. D. xiv wurðfulle herunge] wurþian sceolon. lOE Revival of Monasticism in D. Whitelock et al. Councils & Synods (1981) I. 150 He..on þam fyrmestum stowum [e]alles his anwealdes munecas gestaþolode to weorþfulre þenunge Hælendes Cristes. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2678 Teremuth un-eðes migte timen Ðat moyses sal wið hire forð-nimen, Or haue he hire pligt & sworen Ðat him sal feið wurðful ben boren. 3. Having worth or value; valuable; precious. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] dearc888 dearworthc888 worthlyeOE oughtsOE worthfulOE aughtOE richa1225 gildenc1225 of pricea1325 worthya1325 of (‥) valourc1330 prow1340 dearworthyc1374 of value1395 pricefula1400 presc1400 singularc1400 goldena1425 well-foundc1475 valiant1481 prized1487 prowousa1500 valuable1567 prizable1569 valorous1592 suit-worth1594 bully1600 estimable1600 treasurable1607 treasurous?1611 treasured1675 pearly1770 at a premium1828 keep-worthy1830 good value1842 OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xiv. 22 Ða het se cyngc hine sona gescridan mid wurðfullan scrude. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 471 His wundri werkes & wurðful in eorðe. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 113 Þet ha..strengeð & deð menske hire wurðfule saule. a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 Turn to þe worlde þi wurðful rode þet þu spreddest þe on. 1595 T. Lodge Fig for Momus sig. C4 Let not ambitious ignorance forbid Thy worthfull stile immortall praise to gaine. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. D^v That prince that worthfull praise aspires, From hearts, and not from lips, applause desires. 1664 W. Martin in R. Brownrig 25 Serm. II. Ep. Ded. sig. Aii One Grain of Grace is infinitely more precious, and worthful, then the whole Earth, though turned into a Globe of Gold. ?1798 T. J. Mathias Grove (ed. 2) 8 Those worthful times are past, And now in vain around my eyes I cast. 1879 G. F. Pentecost ‘In Vol. of Book’ (1882) vi. 43 Just as a man's note is only current and worthful because the man is good. 1888 F. J. Furnivall Notices Early Eng. Text Soc. 3 Some [sc. Lives of Saints] are dull..But..all are worthful for the history of our language. 1894 C. B. Upton Lect. Bases Relig. Belief: Hibbert Lect. 298 The presence of absolutely worthful ideas in our consciousness. 1962 G. Harkness in F. H. Littell Reformation Stud. 14 I cannot say there was no drudgery about it, but the drudgery was redeemed by an interest that made it worthful. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. (City Times section) 2 Not ‘saintly’ in any sanctimonious sense but in the sense of wholesomeness, and dedicated to what is good and worthful. 2002 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 8 May (Features section) 50 It was the girls and women that suffered the most, being denied education of any worthful sort. Derivatives † worthfulhead n. Obsolete honour, dignity. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] worshipeOE worthOE dignity?c1225 worthsc1225 mund?c1250 pricea1325 worthfulheada1325 valourc1330 dignesse1399 value?a1400 honesty1418 worthiheadc1425 honourabilityc1426 worthihood?1457 sadnessa1513 honourableness1553 respect1567 worshipfulty1589 ingenuity1598 creditableness1647 honorificabilitudinity1656 worshipfulness1663 reputability1792 creditability1805 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3499 Ne let ðu nogt min wurð ful hed For-faren in ðe fendes red. ˈworthfulness n. (a) honour, dignity; worthiness; (b) the fact or quality of having worth or value. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 22 Swa swa god ælmihtig oferstihð ealle gesceafta, swa oferstihð seo sawul ealle lichamlice gesceafta mid wurðfulnysse [c1175 Bodl. 343 mid wurðfulnesse] hyre gecyndes. lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 96 Godas gife..hine swiðe þeawlice gefrætewode & geglæinde mid wurðfulnesse. 1790 T. Chapman New Universal Let. Writer lxxiii. 60 I know not what to say of your worthfulness but only this..I will leave the excellency thereof to a more honourable invention. 1894 Pentecost in Brit. Weekly 20 Sept. 338 Make this the touchstone of worthfulness in selecting the books. 1907 Relig. Educ. Oct. 154 In the educational world of India the worthfulness of the method of learning by doing is receiving definite recognition. 2004 J. Klinkowitz Vonnegut Effect p. xi These same middle-class values..were put up against both historical outrages and seemingly supernatural threats—and in Vonnegut's work they came out of it not only still standing but also with a new sense of worthfulness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.OE
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