Dictionary

roadworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From road + -worthy.

Meanings

1. Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.
   • It was one of the rapidest Constitutions ever put together; made, some say in eight days, by Hérault Séchelles and others; probably a workmanlike, roadworthy Constitution enough; — on which point, however, we are, for some reasons, little called to form a judgment. 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History:
   • The coupe shrieked as it hit the curve, but Harry managed the twist with precision and the roadworthy car responded. 1937 July 15, Maxwell Grant, “House of Silence”, in The Shadow:

Forms

Coordinates

unroadworthy

Deriveds

roadworthiness

Relateds

airworthy · seaworthy

Synonyms

street-legal

Translations (16)

de verkehrstauglich (able to be driven) · ru приго́дный для эксплуата́ции (able to be driven) · pl sprawny (able to be driven) · ru испра́вный (able to be driven) · bg годен за пътуване (able to be driven) · hu műszakilag alkalmas (able to be driven) · zdj -ema (able to be driven) · fi liikennekelpoinen (able to be driven) · de straßenverkehrstauglich (able to be driven) · fi tieliikennekelpoinen (able to be driven) · hu forgalomképes (able to be driven) · fr en état de marche (able to be driven) · pl zdatny do jazdy (able to be driven) · de fahrtüchtig (able to be driven) · mk во возна состојба (able to be driven) · it revisionato (able to be driven)