worthen
/wˈɝθən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
past participle of worth.
name
A village in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3204).
Countable; Uncountable
name
An unincorporated community in Galla Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Woman has cheapened herself body and soul through ignorant innocence, she must learn to worthen herself by all-seeing knowledge."
- "Then one day — God! how that day worthens all the other days! — he took me, and told me that he loved me — me, poor, plain, ignorant, ugly [...]"
- "Others however, have been retained and even worthened."
Etymology
From worth + -en.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
worthens (present, singular)
worthening (participle, present)
worthened (participle, past)
worthened (past)
Worthens (plural)