honourworthy
honourworthy adjective: worthy of or deserving honour; honourable.
Adjective
honourworthy (comparative more honourworthy, superlative most honourworthy)
- Worthy of or deserving honour; honourable.
- I trusted that I might have had other glad meetings and pleasant communings with my honoured and honourworthy father in this world, but it was not so appointed.1882, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795–1835 […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC
- Where is our highly honourworthy salutable spouse-founderess?1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part II, page 244
- Antonyms:
- dishonourworthy
Antonyms of honourworthy
- dishonourworthy
Forms of honourworthy
| comparative | more honourworthy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most honourworthy |
| alternative form | honour-worthy |
| alternative form | honour worthy |
| alternative US | honorworthy |
| alternative US | honor-worthy |
| alternative US | honor worthy |
Origin of honourworthy
From honour + -worthy.
Questions about honourworthy
- What does honourworthy mean?
- Honourworthy means worthy of or deserving honour; honourable.
- What part of speech is honourworthy?
- Honourworthy is an adjective.
Words near honourworthy in the dictionary
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