dearworth
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Etymology edit
From Middle English derworth, dereworth, derworthe, dereworþe, from Old English dēorwurþe, dēorwyrþe, corresponding to dear + -worth.
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dearworth (comparative more dearworth, superlative most dearworth)
- (obsolete) Precious, valuable; beloved.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
- It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.