Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being worthy of thanks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being thankworthy.
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- noun The quality or state of being
thankworthy .
Etymologies
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thankworthy + -ness
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Examples
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The gratitude of the few who understand you is no less sincere because you do not yet realize your own thankworthiness.
The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921
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"The thankworthiness of suffering is lost by those who return the revilings upon those who utter them."
Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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