thankworthy
Americanadjective
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Origin of thankworthy
First recorded in 1350–1400; thank + -worthy ( def. )
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And to me, indeed, the services of Caius Caesar have always appeared the more thankworthy, in proportion as they were less to have been expected from a man of his age.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
For this is thankworthy, when any one, for conscience toward God, endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall)
It is thus a very thankworthy task to try to rescue something—the memory of interesting and important events, or the leading features and personages of some epoch—from the general shipwreck of the world.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)
As yet we have only a most thankworthy preliminary study in Schürer's great work, and beside it particular or dilettante attempts which hardly shew what the problem really is, far less solve it.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience towards God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry
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