"thankworthy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: thankworthier [comparative], more thankworthy [comparative], thankworthiest [superlative], most thankworthy [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English thankworthy, thank-worthy, þankeworþi, probably an alteration (with -y) of earlier Middle English thanke worth, thankworth, þancwurðe (“thankworthy”), from Old English þancwyrþe, þancweorþ (“thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable”), equivalent to thank + -worthy. Cognate with German dankwürdig (“worthy of thanks”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thankworthy}} Middle English thankworthy, {{der|en|enm|thanke worth}} Middle English thanke worth, {{der|en|ang|þancwyrþe}} Old English þancwyrþe, {{suffix|en|thank|worthy}} thank + -worthy, {{cog|de|dankwürdig||worthy of thanks}} German dankwürdig (“worthy of thanks”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} thankworthy (comparative thankworthier or more thankworthy, superlative thankworthiest or most thankworthy)
  1. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude. Derived forms: thankworthiness
    Sense id: en-thankworthy-en-adj-dGQXvANl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -worthy

Inflected forms

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