speakworthy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From speak + -worthy. Compare speechworthy.
Adjective
[edit]speakworthy (comparative more speakworthy, superlative most speakworthy)
- Worthy of mention; worthy of being spoken; mentionable.
- 1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of Diuerse Kindes of Poppy”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 77, verso:
- Poppy geueth no ſpekeworthy noriſhment vnto the body.
- 1976, Eliseo Vivas, Henry Regnery, Viva Vivas!: Essays in honor of Eliseo Vivas:
- Here it is useful to invoke Saussure's principle, remarking that when it is encountered in a book the chief nuance of the non-speakworthy word is to call attention to some special quality — no matter what — […]