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shelfworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel(H)-p-der. Proto-Germanic *skelfōder. Proto-West Germanic *skelfu:der. Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā Old English sċylfe? Middle English schelfe English shelf English -worthy English shelfworthy From shelf + -worthy.

Meanings

1. Good enough to be kept or displayed on a shelf.
   • All materials must be shelfworthy for deposit at the SRLF. Volumes may be boxed or enclosed in archival containers if necessary. 1999, Jutta Reed-Scott, Library Storage Facilities, Management, and Services:
   • On the other hand the small, individual ones, especially those shaped as fruits, pagodas, cottages etc., though eminently shelfworthy, are very expensive. 1964, John Bedford, Looking in junk shops, page 220:

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