worthynesse
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]worthynesse (countable and uncountable, plural worthynesses)
- Obsolete spelling of worthiness.
- 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
- I could not finde any man for whose name this booke was more agreable for hope [of] protection, more mete for submission to iudgement, nor more due for respect of worthynesse of your part and thankefulnesse of my husbandes and myne.
Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]worthynesse
Descendants
[edit]- English: worthiness
- Scots: worthynes, worthines