† ˈpraiseworth,a.Obs.rare. [f. praise n. + worth a.] = praiseworthy. 1591R. W. Tancred & Gismunda iv. iv. F iij, This is praise-worth, not to do what you may.1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 290 Elizabeth..whose praise-worth vertues if in verse I now should take in hand.