English Explanatory Dictionary

thankworthy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.

Word forms

thankworthy thankworthier more thankworthy thankworthiest most thankworthy

Etymology

From Middle English thankworthy, thank-worthy, þankeworþi, probably an alteration (with -y) of earlier Middle English thanke worth, thankworth, þancwurðe (“thankworthy”), from Old English þancwyrþe, þancweorþ (“thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable”), equivalent to thank + -worthy. Cognate with German dankwürdig (“worthy of thanks”).

Derived words

thankworthiness
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