honourworthy en · ADJ
Etymology
From honour + -worthy.
Meanings
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Worthy of or deserving honour; honourable.
Where is our highly honourworthy salutable spouse-founderess?
1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part II, page 244:I trusted that I might have had other glad meetings and pleasant communings with my honoured and honourworthy father in this world, but it was not so appointed.
1882, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795–1835 […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| honorworthy | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| honor worthy | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| most honourworthy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| honour-worthy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| honour worthy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| honor-worthy | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| more honourworthy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |