nameworthyadj.
/ˈneɪmˌwəːði/, U.S. /ˈneɪmˌwərði/ Noteworthy, notable; notorious.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]
faireOE
wortheOE
worthlyeOE
worthfulOE
menskful?c1225
toldc1275
digne1297
of price?a1300
worshiply1340
worthya1350
menska1375
thriftyc1374
worshipfula1375
worthilya1375
honesta1382
honourablec1384
unshamedc1384
sada1387
of reputationc1390
well-nameda1393
reverent1398
worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400
celebrable?c1400
honouredc1400
worshipablec1425
substantialc1449
undefameda1450
unreviled?1457
honorousa1500
reputed?1532
well-thought-ona1533
well-spoken1539
credible1543
undespised?1548
imitable1550
famous1555
undistained1565
undefame1578
untarred1579
well-reputed1583
unsoiledc1592
dishonourless1595
well-deemed1595
nameworthy1598
regardful1600
indisgraced1606
credenta1616
undishonoureda1616
unscandalized1618
unscandalous1618
unslandered1622
untainted1627
dignousa1636
undisparaged1636
considerable1641
unbranded1641
glorifiable1651
reputable1671
unsullied1743
unstigmatized1778
undisgraced1812
unstained1863
well-thought-of1865
uncompromised1882
scandal-proof1904
cred1987
1598 R. Haydocke in tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge To Rdr. All the name-worthy writers of the Arte of Painting.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. v. 571 Through various scrubby villages which are not nameworthy; through one called Kletschen, which for a certain reason is.
1879 A. W. Ward Chaucer 190 Occleve, the only name-worthy poetical writer of the reign of Henry IV.
1903 Chambers's Cycl. Eng. Lit. (new ed.) III. 695/1 The Growth of Love,..Eros & Psyche.., are amongst his nameworthy poems.
1964 Amer. Midland Naturalist 71 269 I do not consider the saltwater populations of Farancia erytrogramma to be taxonomically nameworthy.
1996 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 22 Apr. A few other Augusta booby traps are almost nameworthy: the treelined left side of the downhill, dogleg left 10th hole, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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