Printworthy

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪntˌwɜːði/

Definitions

1. Worthy of being published or reproduced in print media because of sufficient interest, significance, or novelty
2. Deserving to be featured in printed form due to its compelling content, social relevance, or unique qualities
3. Suitable for publication in physical formats owing to its engaging nature, importance, or originality

Etymology: "Printworthy" is about as transparent as English compounds get: "print" joined to "-worthy," the suffix meaning "deserving of" or "good enough for," as in "trustworthy" or "newsworthy." The pattern is the same one that gave us "newsworthy," which likely came first and supplied a model for the many similar coinages that followed. Here, the sense is "deserving of being put into print," so a story, photograph or quotation judged interesting enough to appear in a newspaper, magazine or book would be described this way. The suffix itself is old. "Worthy" descends from Old English "wierþe," meaning "having value" or "deserving," and it has been attached to nouns for centuries to form adjectives describing what merits some action. "Print" is the noun for text reproduced by mechanical means, and in this compound it stands for the whole world of publication, so the word reads as a shorthand for "fit for the press."

Synonyms: publishable, worthy, acceptable, presentable, noteworthy

Antonyms: unpublishable, unacceptable, undesirable, unpresentable, unworthy