Definitions
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- adjective
Worthy offight or of a fight;combatworthy ;combatable ; worth being fought or fought for.
Etymologies
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From fight + -worthy.
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Examples
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"On the contrary, sire, I think I have never been more fightworthy."
Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991
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But of the ten score and six that had ridden out of the Dale, two score and two were lacking, who had either been slain in battle or so sorely hurt that they were no longer fightworthy; but sixteen had dropped in by ones and twos and threes to fill the places of these, so that they rode back but little fewer than they came.
The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865
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