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ˈpraiseˌworthiness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being praiseworthy; laudableness.
a1586Sidney Arcadia (1622) 405 Quite contrary to the others praise-worthinesse. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 276 The Praise-worthinesse of God. 1747Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. xi. 66 Where, asks she,..is the praise-worthiness of obedience, if it be only paid in instances where we give up nothing? 1879G. Meredith Egoist xvi, His logical coolness of expostulation..unheroic in proportion to its praise⁓worthiness. |