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expedient
English
Etymology
From Middle English expedient, from Old French expedient, from Latin expediens (stem expedient-), present participle of expedire (“to bring forward, to dispatch, to expedite; impers. to be profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient”), from ex (“out”) + p?s (“foot, hoof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?spi?di.?nt/
Adjective
expedient (comparative more expedient, superlative most expedient)
- Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
- a. 1863, Richard Whately, Thoughts and Apophthegms
- Nothing but the right can ever be the expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less.
- a. 1863, Richard Whately, Thoughts and Apophthegms
- Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
- Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
- (obsolete) Expeditious, quick, rapid.
- a 1623, Shakespeare, King John, Act II, scene i, lines 57–61:
- the adverse winds / Whose leisure I have stay'd, have given him time / To land his legions all as soon as I; / His marches are expedient to this town / His forces strong, his soldiers confident.
- a 1623, Shakespeare, King John, Act II, scene i, lines 57–61:
Synonyms
- advisable, desirable, judicious, politic, prudent, tactical, wise
Related terms
Translations
Noun
expedient (plural expedients)
- A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
- 1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:
- He would never let her know that he was aware of the strange expedient to which she had been driven by her great distress.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 709:
- Depressingly, [...] the expedient of importing African slaves was in part meant to protect the native American population from exploitation.
- 1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:
Translations
Further reading
- expedient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- expedient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- expedient at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expedient”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin expedi?ns.
Adjective
expedient (masculine and feminine plural expedients)
- expedient, convenient
Noun
expedient m (plural expedients)
- file, record, dossier
Derived terms
- expedientar
Further reading
- “expedient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Verb
expedient
- third-person plural future active indicative of expedi?
Romanian
Etymology
From French expédient.
Noun
expedient n (plural expediente)
- expedient
Declension
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worthy
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??ði/
- (General American) enPR: wûr'th?, IPA(key): /?w?ði/
- Rhymes: -??(r)ði
- Hyphenation: wor?thy
Etymology 1
From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþi? (“"worthy"”), equivalent to worth +? -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugt (“worthy”).
Adjective
worthy (comparative worthier, superlative worthiest)
- having worth, merit, or value
- c. 1626, John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul
- This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
- c. 1626, John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul
- honourable or admirable
- deserving, or having sufficient worth
- Suited; befitting.
- […] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
- The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
Derived terms
- markworthy
- noteworthy
- worthily
- worthiness
Related terms
- worthly
Translations
Noun
worthy (plural worthies)
- a distinguished or eminent person
Related terms
- -worthy
- unworthy
Etymology 2
From Middle English worthien, wurthien, from Old English weorþian (“to esteem, honor, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, adorn, deck, enrich, reward”), from Proto-Germanic *werþ?n? (“to be worthy, estimate, appreciate, appraise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with German werten (“to rate, judge, grade, score”), Swedish värdera (“to evaluate, rate, size up, assess, estimate”), Icelandic virða (“to respect, esteem”).
Verb
worthy (third-person singular simple present worthies, present participle worthying, simple past and past participle worthied)
- (transitive) To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.
- c. 1603-1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear
- And put upon him such a deal of man,
That worthied him, got praises of the king […]
- And put upon him such a deal of man,
- 1880, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature:
- After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
- 1908, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, The court of Russia in the nineteenth century:
- And it is a poor daub besides," the Emperor rejoined scornfully, as he stalked out of the gallery without worthying the artist with a look.
- 1910, Charles William Eliot, The Harvard classics: Beowulf:
- No henchman he worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence!
- c. 1603-1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear
Derived terms
- worthier
- worthying
Middle English
Etymology
From worth +? -y, from Old English weorþ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?rði?/
Adjective
worthy
- worthy
Descendants
- English: worthy
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