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speedworthiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From speed + worthiness, or speedworthy + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The ability to travel at high speed.
    • The "Merchant Navy" class locomotives have lost none of their speedworthiness in the extensive rebuilding and this was certainly a good example of their prowess. 1959 October 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 705: