See Also: Washerwoman(medicine)
washerwoman(dictionary)
washerwoman(dictionary)
Washerwoman's itch(medicine)

worthful (iou) and washerwoman (oh)


worthful (iou)



worthful adjective. Now arch. & formal.
[Old English weorTful, wurTful, from WORTH noun1 + -FUL. App. re-formed in 16-17 (partly after WORTHLESS) and in 19 (perh. after German wertvoll).]
Of a person: honourable; deserving of honour, respect, or reverence; having worth or merit. OE.
Having worth or value; valuable. ME.
worthfulness noun (rare) ME.

washerwoman (oh)



[C]
a woman in the past whose job was to wash Other people's clothes