fareworthy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It constantly happened that the manumitted serf,' said my Talking Friend, 'found his way under the old tree, my father, and he was free and færewyrd — that is to say, free and fareworthy, or with the right to go where he would — [...]"
- "Thus the service-tenant may be legally 'fareworthy' but if he decides to leave the hacienda, a word from the proprietor will ensure his forced return by the police."
Etymology
From Middle English *farwurthe, *farewurthe, from Old English *færwyrþe, færewyrþe (“having a right to depart, able to go”), equivalent to fare (“departure”) + -worthy.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more fareworthy (comparative)
most fareworthy (superlative)