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deedworthy
adj 3
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2ADJ.
express, harmless, healthy, joyful, true
DEEDWORTHY + NOUN
generation
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adj
1
Worthy of (good) deeds.
The heat and the tempest which overwhelm the dainty voluptuaries, and are harmless to the deedworthy, express the true wisdom of virtue, even for this world, which moves not at our will; […]
These factors must be kept in mind in the planning of a system of bodily exercises for school use, if the result is to be a healthy, joyful, deedworthy generation.
2
Worthy of being done.
[…] standing at the head of them are those very general ideals which I have called the first and second; that of deedworthy conduct, or the 'faciendum,' and that of choiceworthy aim, or the 'bonum,' good.
3
Worthy of having sex with.
That shortie over there is definitely deedworthy.
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The heat and the tempest which overwhelm the dainty voluptuaries, and are harmless to the deedworthy, express the true wisdom of virtue, even for this world, which moves not at our will; […]
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These factors must be kept in mind in the planning of a system of bodily exercises for school use, if the result is to be a healthy, joyful, deedworthy generation.
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[…] standing at the head of them are those very general ideals which I have called the first and second; that of deedworthy conduct, or the 'faciendum,' and that of choiceworthy aim, or the 'bonum,' g
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