throneworthy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman eras, eligible for royal succession by virtue of kinship.
Example Sentences
- "Anglo-Saxon kings did not succeed on the basis of primogeniture. All the kings offspring were known as aethelings -- throneworthy -- and from this gene pool the royal family would select the aetheling who seemed best qualified for the job."
- "[Edgar] was given the designation of "Aetheling"—that is, throneworthy—which might indicate that the king considered him a potential successor."
Inflected Forms
more throneworthy (comparative)
most throneworthy (superlative)