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Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. "The contrived and interested schemes of ...obnoxious authors." Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. Southey. -- Ob*serv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ob*serv"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall.

ner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer. Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison.

Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne.

Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous. In the most high and palmy state of Rome. Shak.

Part or half; in part; partially. Shak. [Sometimes hyphened with the word following.] The worthy dame was parcel-blind. Sir W. Scott. One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded]. Tennyson. Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.

Estimation; character. [Obs.] Common speech gives him a worthy pass. Shak.

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.

Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [R.] Pollok.

Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.

Something worthy of praise. [Obs.] Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan.

Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. Shak. Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. Prior.

Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable. Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 15).

Praiseworthy. [Obs.]

In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.

The quality or state of being praiseworthy.