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likeworthy

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English

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Etymology

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From like (verb) +‎ -worthy.[1] Compare Old English līcwyrþe (“fit to please; well-pleasing; acceptable; agreeable”, literally “like-worthy”).

Adjective

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likeworthy (comparative likeworthier or more likeworthy, superlative likeworthiest or most likeworthy)

  1. Worthy of being liked; likeable.
    • 1906, Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court:
      None of your hatred should have prevented me, for I am a very likeworthy man.
    • 2005, Michel Guez, Acta orthopaedica: Supplementum:
      Quite a few literature studies demonstrate likeworthy results with instrumented fusions as with uninstrumented (Thomsen et al. 1997, Fritzell et al. 2002).

References

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  1. ^ “likeworthy, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    “likewurthe, adj. (and n.)”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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