different between condign vs logical

English

Etymology

From Middle English condigne, from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- +? dignus (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?da?n/

Adjective

condign (comparative more condign, superlative most condign)

1. (rare) Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment
   • 1591?, William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part ii, Act 3, Scene 1:

     Unless it were a bloody murderer, / Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers, / I never gave them condign punishment:

   • 1885, William Schwenk Gilbert, The Mikado, Act I:

     Pooh-bah: And so, / Although / I wish to go, / And greatly pine / To brightly shine, / And take the line / Of a hero fine, / With grief condign / I must decline –

   • 2004, George F. Will, "Voters' Obligations", in The Washington Post, October 21, 2004:

     [A]n undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference[.]

Derived terms

• condignity

Translations

Anagrams

• conding

English

Etymology

logic +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?d??k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?d??k??/

Adjective

logical (comparative more logical, superlative most logical)

1. (not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
2. Reasonable.
3. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
4. (computing) Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.

Antonyms

• illogical

Derived terms

Related terms

• rational
• biological, neurological, physiological, etc. (use of the suffix -ical as opposed to just -ic)

Translations

Further reading

• logical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle French

Adjective

logical m (feminine singular logicale, masculine plural logicaulx, feminine plural logicales)

1. logical

Spanish

Etymology

From lógica +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loxi?kal/, [lo.xi?kal]

Adjective

logical (plural logicales)

1. (obsolete) logical

   Synonym: lógico

Further reading

• “logical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.