Songworthy
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Worthy of song or of being sung.
"That he comes up a shade self-pitying (he still goes barefoot) is reconciled only by the fact that he's made the subject songworthy this late in his career."
- 2 Worthy of being sung about.
"[...] which contains this truly beautiful description of a thoroughly successful life as imagined by a Greek: "That man is happy and songworthy by the skilled, who, victorious by might of hand or vigour of foot, achieves the greatest prizes with daring and with strength; [...]"
Example
More examples"That he comes up a shade self-pitying (he still goes barefoot) is reconciled only by the fact that he's made the subject songworthy this late in his career."
Etymology
From song + -worthy.
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