worthy

Definitions

1. Having worth, merit, or value
2. A distinguished or eminent person.
3. A surname
4. A surname.
5. Admirable or honourable
6. a good, wise and virtuous person.
7. Deserving, or having sufficient worth
8. Suited; suitable; befitting
9. A distinguished or eminent person

Equivalents

Examples

“That worthy one day, in our absence, being caught in the act of culpable talpicide, was rebuked by his mistress for disobeying his master's orders.”

“Confucius and Mencius are revered as the Sages and Worthies of Confucianism.”

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