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deedworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From deed + -worthy.

Meanings

1. (of persons) Worthy of (good) deeds.
   • The heat and the tempest which overwhelm the dainty voluptuaries, and are harmless to the deedworthy, express the true wisdom of virtue, even for this world, which moves not at our will; […] 1845, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 57:
   • These factors must be kept in mind in the planning of a system of bodily exercises for school use, if the result is to be a healthy, joyful, deedworthy generation. 1912, Mind and Body, volume 19, page 410:
2. (of actions) Worthy of being done.
   • […] standing at the head of them are those very general ideals which I have called the first and second; that of deedworthy conduct, or the 'faciendum,' and that of choiceworthy aim, or the 'bonum,' good. 1876, John Grote, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor, A Treatise on the Moral Ideals, page 103:
3. (slang) Worthy of having sex with.
   • That shortie over there is definitely deedworthy.

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Relateds

do the deed