worthyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from 古期英語 *weorþiġ (“"worthy"”), equivalent to worth +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugt (“worthy”).

形容詞

worthy (comparative worthier, superlative worthiest)

1. having worth, merit, or value
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, published 1623, [Act V, scene iv]:

     These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir J. Davies かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.

2. honourable or admirable
3. deserving, or having sufficient worth
4. Suited; befitting.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Matthew iii. 11

     […] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.

   • 1634 October 9 (first performance)​, [John Milton], H[enry] Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: Printed [by Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, OCLC 228715864; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, OCLC 1113942837:

     And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know / More happiness.

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The lodging is well worthy of the guest.

派生語

• markworthy
• noteworthy
• worthily
• worthiness

関連する語

• worthly

名詞

worthy (複数形 worthies)

1. a distinguished or eminent person

関連する語

• -worthy
• unworthy

語源 2

From Middle English worthien, wurthien, from 古期英語 weorþian (“to esteem, honor, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, adorn, deck, enrich, reward”), from Proto-Germanic *werþōną (“to be worthy, estimate, appreciate, appraise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with German werten (“to rate, judge, grade, score”), Swedish värdera (“to evaluate, rate, size up, assess, estimate”), Icelandic virða (“to respect, esteem”).

動詞

worthy (三人称単数 現在形 worthies, 現在分詞 worthying, 過去形および過去分詞形 worthied)

1. (transitive) To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.
   • c. 1603-1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear

     And put upon him such a deal of man,
     That worthied him, got praises of the king […]

   • 1880, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature:

     After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.

   • 1908, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, The court of Russia in the nineteenth century:

     And it is a poor daub besides," the Emperor rejoined scornfully, as he stalked out of the gallery without worthying the artist with a look.

   • 1910, Charles William Eliot, The Harvard classics: Beowulf:

     No henchman he worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence!

派生語

• worthier
• worthying

接尾辞

-worthy

1. Of sufficient worth for; deserving of.

   creditworthy, respectworthy

2. Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand.

   airworthy; seaworthy; lifeworthy; crashworthy; stormworthy

3. Able to be; fit to be; -able.

   trustworthy

4. Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to.

   fareworthy

派生語

関連する語

• worthy