markworthy

comparative more markworthy · superlative most markworthy

1. datedrareWorthy of note or remark.

   The scholar found something markworthy while reading the Bible for the eighth time.

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   That the ancient Britons eat of the nuts and berries and other fruits which were borne by the more wooded land of their time, we may well believe, and a markworthy proof of it was many years ago afforded in the neighbourhood of Dorchester.

   1858, William Barnes, “Food of the Britons”, in Notes on Ancient Britain and the Britons, London: John Russell Smith, page 3

   In character-drawing, Mr. Cable does not surpass his Bonaventure, but the cunning of his art when applied to incident and description is quite as markworthy in the latter as in the earlier part of the book.

   1888 June, “Recent American Fiction”, in The Atlantic

   Another complained that his mother-in-law had put him in jail for bigamy. In the case of another the incident was more markworthy. I will call him Gritto.

   1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 137

   Indeed, in communicating with the Chiefs-of-Police in the United States concerning the ravages of drug-intoxication, it was markworthy that those bearing German names were especially prompt and thorough in reply to my enquiries, and in making suggestions as to the applications of practical remedies.

   1922, Emily F. Murphy, “International Rings”, in The Black Candle, Toronto: Thomas Allen, page 184

   Synonyms: eminent, noteworthy, remarkable, illustrious, distinguished, eminent, forestanding, mentionable