markworthy
UK/mɑːkˈwɜːði/
markworthy adjective: worthy of note or remark.
Adjective
markworthy (comparative more markworthy, superlative most markworthy)
- Worthy of note or remark.
- The scholar found something markworthy while reading the Bible for the eighth time.
- That the ancient Britons eat of the nuts and berries and other fruits which were borne by the more wooded land of their time, we may well believe, and a markworthy proof of it was many years ago afforded in the neighbourhood of Dorchester.1858, William Barnes, “Food of the Britons”, in Notes on Ancient Britain and the Britons, London: John Russell Smith, page 3
- Synonyms:
- eminent, noteworthy, remarkable, illustrious, distinguished, forestanding, mentionable, nameable, namely, nameworthy
Examples of markworthy in a sentence
- Cable does not surpass his Bonaventure, but the cunning of his art when applied to incident and description is quite as markworthy in the latter as in the earlier part of the book.1888 June, “Recent American Fiction”, in The Atlantic:
- In the case of another the incident was more markworthy.1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 137:
Synonyms of markworthy
- eminent
- noteworthy
- remarkable
- illustrious
- distinguished
- forestanding
- mentionable
- nameable
- namely
- nameworthy
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Forms of markworthy
| comparative | more markworthy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most markworthy |
Origin of markworthy
From mark + -worthy. Compare German merkwürdig (“strange, odd”).
Questions about markworthy
- What does markworthy mean?
- Markworthy means worthy of note or remark.
- How do you use markworthy in a sentence?
- Cable does not surpass his Bonaventure, but the cunning of his art when applied to incident and description is quite as markworthy in the latter as in the earlier part of the book.
- What part of speech is markworthy?
- Markworthy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce markworthy?
- Markworthy is pronounced /mɑːkˈwɜːði/ (UK).
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