worth while

== English == === Adjective === worth while (comparative more worth while, superlative most worth while) Dated spelling of worthwhile. 1873, John Murray (publishers.), Handbook for travellers in Scotland (page 261) About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them.