Thankworthy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.

Etymology

From Middle English thankworthy, thank-worthy, þankeworþi, probably an alteration (with -y) of earlier Middle English thanke worth, thankworth, þancwurðe (“thankworthy”), from Old English þancwyrþe, þancweorþ (“thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable”), equivalent to thank + -worthy. Cognate with German dankwürdig (“worthy of thanks”).

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