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Nameworthy (adj) means deserving to be mentioned or given a name.

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Deserving to be mentioned or given a name.

"Languor was not in his heart, Weariness not on his brow. . . . for, while he ailed in body, he was, as man, seeking the good of the 'man' in us; he was naming to us nameworthy things that he saw; he was seeking to make us well." — Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, Wayfarer's Words (1940)

"Words are created for a purpose, as labels for recurring, nameworthy concepts." — Lenore A. Grenoble, Lindsay J. Whaley (1998)

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