speakworthy

comparative more speakworthy · superlative most speakworthy

1. Worthy of mention; worthy of being spoken; mentionable.

   Poppy geueth no ſpekeworthy noriſhment vnto the body.

   1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of Diuerse Kindes of Poppy”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 77, verso

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   Here it is useful to invoke Saussure's principle, remarking that when it is encountered in a book the chief nuance of the non-speakworthy word is to call attention to some special quality — no matter what — […]

   1976, Eliseo Vivas, Henry Regnery, Viva Vivas!: Essays in honor of Eliseo Vivas