Worthless
(Worth"less) a. [AS. weorðleás.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity,
or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless
man or woman; a worthless magistrate.
'T is a worthless world to win or lose.
Byron. — Worth"less*ly, adv. — Worth"less*ness, n.
Worthy
(Wor"thy) a. [Compar. Worthier ; superl. Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wurþi, from worth, wurþ,
n.; cf. Icel. verðugr, D. waardig, G. würdig, OHG. wirdig. See Worth, n.]
1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Full worthy was he in his lordes war.
Chaucer.
These banished men that I have kept withal
Are men endued with worthy qualities.
Shak.
Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be.
Milton.
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
Sir J. Davies. 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; — usually with of before the thing compared
or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in
excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; — usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad
one.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
Shak.
The merciless Macdonwald,
Worthy to be a rebel.
Shak.
Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
Matt. iii. 11.
And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know
More happiness.
Milton.
The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
Dryden. 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
Worthy women of the town.
Chaucer. Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or
inherit; — applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. Burrill.
Worthy
(Wor"thy), n.; pl. Worthies A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and
estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; — much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the
church; political worthies; military worthies.
The blood of ancient worthies in his veins.
Cowper. Worthy
(Wor"thy), v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] Shak.
Wost
(Wost) 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] Spenser.
Wot
(Wot) 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v. [Obs.]
Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it.
Acts iii. 17.
