deservant
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deservant (comparative more deservant, superlative most deservant)
- 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.