"nameworthy" meaning in English

See nameworthy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nameworthy [comparative], most nameworthy [superlative]
Etymology: From name + -worthy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|name|worthy}} name + -worthy Head templates: {{en-adj}} nameworthy (comparative more nameworthy, superlative most nameworthy)
  1. Worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention. Synonyms: eminent, noteworthy, notable
    Sense id: en-nameworthy-en-adj-N6JsA9E6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -worthy

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          "ref": "1940, Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, Wayfarer's Words, volume 3",
          "text": "Languor was not in his heart, Weariness not on his brow. . . . for, while he ailed in body, he was, as man, seeking the good of the 'man' in us; he was naming to us nameworthy things that he saw; he was seeking to make us well.",
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          "ref": "1998, Lenore A. Grenoble, Lindsay J. Whaley, Endangered languages: language loss and community response",
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          "ref": "2006, Svetlana Vogeleer, Liliane Tasmowski, Non-definiteness and plurality",
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