Meanings
comparative more fightworthy · superlative most fightworthy
- Worth being fought or fought for.
However, the Americans were not portrayed as fightworthy.
2000, Steven Spielberg, Lester D. Friedman, Brent Notbohm, Steven Spielberg: Interviews, page 783 more examples
[…] being informed that Knut is still in England, but preparing for war, he sends home the less fightworthy part of his host [...]
1905, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library: Volume 6 - Page 149He was worthy—fightworthy, trick-worthy, magic-worthy. All he had to do now was jump.
2010, Laura Quimby, The Carnival of Lost Souls"[…] I'm normally more fightworthy than this, but he took me by surprise and had me sprawled before I knew what hit me."
2011, Debra White Smith, Lone Star Intrigue
Origin
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fightworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fightworthy
“fightworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fightworthy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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