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speakworthy

adj

Etymology

From speak + -worthy. Compare speechworthy.

  1. inherited from *bʰeh₂g-✻ — “to distribute”
  2. inherited from *spekan✻
  3. derived from *spreg-✻ — “to make a sound, utter, speak”
  4. inherited from *sprekaną✻ — “to speak, make a sound”
  5. inherited from *sprekan✻
  6. inherited from specan — “to speak”
  7. inherited from speke
  8. suffixed as speakworthy — “speak + worthy”

Definitions

  1. Worthy of mention

    Worthy of mention; worthy of being spoken; mentionable.

    • Poppy geueth no ſpekeworthy noriſhment vnto the body.
    • Here it is useful to invoke Saussure's principle, remarking that when it is encountered in a book the chief nuance of the non-speakworthy word is to call attention to some special quality — no matter what — […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA