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nameworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From name + -worthy.

Meanings

1. Worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention.
   • Languor was not in his heart, Weariness not on his brow. . . . for, while he ailed in body, he was, as man, seeking the good of the 'man' in us; he was naming to us nameworthy things that he saw; he was seeking to make us well. 1940, Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, Wayfarer's Words, volume 3:
   • However, since <scissor-searching> does not identify a nameworthy human activity, the VP gawi chaj ('scissors+search') does not provide an optimally felicitous f-structure constituent. 2006, Svetlana Vogeleer, Liliane Tasmowski, Non-definiteness and plurality:
   • [...] pound is intended to serve as a short-cut means of singling out a particular referent or class of referents although the referent or class in question may not really be nameworthy in the long run. 1984, Quaderni di semantica, volume 5, Società editrice il Mulino:
   • Words are created for a purpose, as labels for recurring, nameworthy concepts. 1998, Lenore A. Grenoble, Lindsay J. Whaley, Endangered languages: language loss and community response:

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Synonyms

eminent · noteworthy