单词 | worthship |
释义 | worthshipn. 1. The condition of being worthy or deserving; worthiness.Chiefly with reference or allusion to the etymology of worship. 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 1664 J. Wallis Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ (ed. 2) xiv. 120 Quædam in ship terminata, munus, officium, seu conditionem innuunt… Sic worship (hoc est worthship) dignitas. 1803 Monthly Mirror Feb. 89 The word worship, in ancient English, signifies neither more nor less, than that honour, attention, and respect, which are due to worth-ship, i. e. to distinguished excellence. 1928 J. B. Reeves Hymn in Hist. ix. 351 From the time when one of mankind first looked up with a gleam of intelligence in his eyes, this matter of ascribing worthship has been an important concern of his life. 2005 T. L. Inbody Faith of Christian Church xi. 277 We worship God because of God's worthship. Π 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. v. 50 The world..already stands convicted..of being an untrue, unblessed world; its high dignitaries many of them phantasms and players'-masks; its worthships and worships unworshipful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1664 |
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