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printworthiness

printworthiness noun: the quality of being printworthy.

Noun

printworthiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being printworthy.
    • Western ideas of truth, morality, and printworthiness are far stronger than most of us care to admit. Even so-called liberators have very clear-cut ideas as to the content of reading material.1982, Margaret M. Wendell, Bootstrap Literature: Preliterate Societies Do it Themselves, Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, →ISBN, page 37
    • But I know that at first it was still possible to make editorial decisions largely on the toggle basis of printworthiness: publishable, green light; not publishable, red light.1986, Jean M. Fredette, editor, Fiction Writer’s Market, Writer’s Digest, →ISBN, page 65

Origin of printworthiness

From printworthy + -ness.

Questions about printworthiness

What does printworthiness mean?
Printworthiness means the quality of being printworthy.
What part of speech is printworthiness?
Printworthiness is a noun.

Words near printworthiness in the dictionary

  1. printwheel
  2. printwheels
  3. printworker
  4. printworkers
  5. printworks
  6. printworthiness
  7. printworthy
  8. Printz
  9. Printzes
  10. Prinz
  11. Prinzes

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