nameworthy
nameworthy adjective: worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention.
Adjective
nameworthy (comparative more nameworthy, superlative most nameworthy)
- Worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention.
- Languor was not in his heart, Weariness not on his brow. . . . for, while he ailed in body, he was, as man, seeking the good of the 'man' in us; he was naming to us nameworthy things that he saw; he was seeking to make us well.1940, Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, Wayfarer's Words, volume 3
- [...] pound is intended to serve as a short-cut means of singling out a particular referent or class of referents although the referent or class in question may not really be nameworthy in the long run.1984, Quaderni di semantica, volume 5, Società editrice il Mulino
- Synonyms:
- eminent, noteworthy
Examples of nameworthy in a sentence
- Words are created for a purpose, as labels for recurring, nameworthy concepts.1998, Lenore A. Grenoble, Lindsay J. Whaley, Endangered languages: language loss and community response:
- However, since <scissor-searching> does not identify a nameworthy human activity, the VP gawi chaj ('scissors+search') does not provide an optimally felicitous f-structure constituent.2006, Svetlana Vogeleer, Liliane Tasmowski, Non-definiteness and plurality:
Synonyms of nameworthy
Forms of nameworthy
| comparative | more nameworthy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nameworthy |
Origin of nameworthy
From name + -worthy.
Questions about nameworthy
- What does nameworthy mean?
- Nameworthy means worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention.
- How do you use nameworthy in a sentence?
- Words are created for a purpose, as labels for recurring, nameworthy concepts.
- What part of speech is nameworthy?
- Nameworthy is an adjective.
Words near nameworthy in the dictionary
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