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deedworthy

deedworthy adjective: worthy of (good) deeds.

Adjective

deedworthy (comparative more deedworthy, superlative most deedworthy)

  1. Worthy of (good) deeds.
    • The heat and the tempest which overwhelm the dainty voluptuaries, and are harmless to the deedworthy, express the true wisdom of virtue, even for this world, which moves not at our will; […]1845, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 57
    • These factors must be kept in mind in the planning of a system of bodily exercises for school use, if the result is to be a healthy, joyful, deedworthy generation.1912, Mind and Body, volume 19, page 410
  2. Worthy of being done.
    • […] standing at the head of them are those very general ideals which I have called the first and second; that of deedworthy conduct, or the 'faciendum,' and that of choiceworthy aim, or the 'bonum,' good.1876, John Grote, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor, A Treatise on the Moral Ideals, page 103
  3. (slang) Worthy of having sex with.
    • That shortie over there is definitely deedworthy.

Forms of deedworthy

comparativemore deedworthy
superlativemost deedworthy

Origin of deedworthy

From deed + -worthy.

Questions about deedworthy

What does deedworthy mean?
Deedworthy means worthy of (good) deeds.
What part of speech is deedworthy?
Deedworthy is an adjective.

Words near deedworthy in the dictionary

  1. deeds of appointment
  2. deeds of assumption
  3. deeds of retirement
  4. deeds poll
  5. deedwork
  6. deedworthy
  7. deedy
  8. deeeath
  9. deef
  10. Deeg
  11. Deegan

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