worthy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: worthy	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for worthy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worthy adj having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause" Antonym(s): unworthy worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" Synonym(s): desirable, suitable, worthy having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way; "behavior worthy of reprobation"; "a fact worthy of attention" n an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously); "he told his story to some conservative worthies"; "local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthy \Wor"thy\, n.; pl. {Worthies}. A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. {Worthier}; superl. {Worthiest.}] [OE. worthi, wur[ed]i, from worth, wur[ed], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eb]ugr, D. waardig, G. w[81]rdig, OHG. wird[c6]g. See {Worth}, n.] 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. Full worthy was he in his lordes war. --Chaucer. These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. --Shak. Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. --Milton. This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. --Sir J. Davies. 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one. No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. --Shak. The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. --Shak. Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. --Matt. iii. 11. And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. --Milton. The lodging is well worthy of the guest. --Dryden. 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.] Worthy women of the town. --Chaucer. {Worthiest of blood} (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worthy \Wor"thy\, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] --Shak.