Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

killworthy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kill-wor-thy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Worthy of being killed; killable.

Example Sentences

"In passing may I remind you that this serene world of ours is entirely indebted to the holy Christian fathers for everything that makes firearms killworthy in the high art of mass murder."
"According to the later sworn testimony of Admiral Thomas Moorer the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1970 the military viewed such defectors as kill-worthy spores who were helping the enemy …"
"Maybe the Powers in general?" She shrugged and tilted her bottle up, nearly finishing the liquid. "You could put it that way. Since there's too many of both sides to wipe out, I'm just going for the most kill-worthy."

Etymology

From kill + -worthy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kill

Inflected Forms

more killworthy (comparative) most killworthy (superlative) kill-worthy (alternative)

Questions

What does killworthy mean?: Worthy of being killed; killable.
Where does killworthy come from?: From kill + -worthy.

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