deservant

English

Etymology

From deserve +‎ -ant.

Adjective

deservant (comparative more deservant, superlative most deservant)

1. Deserving; worthy (of either good or bad)
   • 1941, James P. Andrews, John M. Comley, Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut:

     The conveyance to the grandson was subject to a further condition which was expressed in the instrument in this way: “if he is personally deservant of the transfer of the said premises to him.”

   • 2007, Mary LaSota, Harriet Sternberg, Hope, Help, Healing with Archangel Raphael and the Angels, page 72:

     We tend to criticize those with wealth saying they are not deservant of it. Yet, how do we know if they are deservant or not?

   • 2011, Jhen M. Veach, Embrace It All: Poetry, Art, Short Story, page 78:

     Feeling deservant, I scold my reflection and convince the remains of me that my breath is no longer vital.

   • 2013, Lionel B. Harris, The Long and Winding Road, page 38:

     As far as I was concerned, and regardless of the man being my biological father, Melvin Harris was deservant of all the humiliation and punishment that came his way.

Anagrams

• servanted