deservant

English

Etymology

deserve +‎ -ant

Adjective

deservant (comparative more deservant, superlative most deservant)

  1. Deserving; worthy (of either good or bad)
    • 1941, James P. Andrews, John M. Comley, Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut:
      The conveyance to the grandson was subject to a further condition which was expressed in the instrument in this way: “if he is personally deservant of the transfer of the said premises to him.”
    • 2007, Mary LaSota, Harriet Sternberg, Hope, Help, Healing with Archangel Raphael and the Angels, page 72:
      We tend to criticize those with wealth saying they are not deservant of it. Yet, how do we know if they are deservant or not?
    • 2011, Jhen M. Veach, Embrace It All: Poetry, Art, Short Story, page 78:
      Feeling deservant, I scold my reflection and convince the remains of me that my breath is no longer vital.
    • 2013, Lionel B. Harris, The Long and Winding Road, page 38:
      As far as I was concerned, and regardless of the man being my biological father, Melvin Harris was deservant of all the humiliation and punishment that came his way.

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