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English
Etymology
From bed + -worthy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bedworthy (comparative more bedworthy, superlative most bedworthy)
- (slang) Sexually attractive.
1880, Émile Zola, translated by Douglas Parmée, Nana:Vandeuvres was undressing her with his eyes. 'Yes, she's bedworthy all right', he said, 'but I'm a bit suspicious of her thighs. Will you take a bet, she's got lousy thighs?'
1988, Muriel Spark, A far cry from Kensington:I had fleetingly noticed, had not perhaps noticed enough, how attractive, bedworthy, she looked with her fair hair down around her shoulders.