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worthful

[wurth-fuh l]
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adjective
  1. full of worth or merit.
  2. highly respected; esteemed.
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Origin of worthful

before 900; Middle English; Old English weorthful; see worth1, -ful
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  • To this judge "the slenderest kind" of evidence was worthful so long as it told against the accused.

    Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2)

    Frank Harris