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whipworthy

whipworthy adjective: deserving a whipping.

Adjective

whipworthy (comparative more whipworthy, superlative most whipworthy)

  1. Deserving a whipping.
    • "The whipworthy rogue would not have used me so foully had he not outweighed me by two to one."1960, Lyon Sprague De Camp, The bronze god of Rhodes
    • "We'll give those whipworthy bastards what they deserve yet, see if we don't."2001, Harry Turtledove, Sentry Peak

Forms of whipworthy

comparativemore whipworthy
superlativemost whipworthy

Origin of whipworthy

From whip + -worthy.

Questions about whipworthy

What does whipworthy mean?
Whipworthy means deserving a whipping.
What part of speech is whipworthy?
Whipworthy is an adjective.

Words near whipworthy in the dictionary

  1. whiptail wallaby
  2. whiptails
  3. whipworm
  4. whipworms
  5. whipwort
  6. whipworthy
  7. whir
  8. Whirily
  9. whirl
  10. whirl bone
  11. whirl-bone

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