thankworthy

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adjective

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.

OriginMiddle English thankworthy ← Old English þancwyrþe →
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Meanings

adjectivethankworthy (comparative thankworthier or more thankworthy, superlative thankworthiest or most thankworthy)

comparative thankworthier · comparative more thankworthy · superlative thankworthiest · superlative most thankworthy

  1. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.

Origin

  1. Old Englishþancwyrþe
  2. Middle Englishthanke worth
  3. Middle Englishthankworthy
  4. Englishthankworthy

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”).

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APA

thankworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankworthy

MLA

“thankworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankworthy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thankworthy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankworthy.

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