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faithful
English
Alternative forms
- faithfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe??.f?l/
Adjective
faithful (comparative faithfuler or more faithful, superlative faithfulest or most faithful)
- Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
- Having faith.
- 2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion (page 162)
- The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church.
- 2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion (page 162)
- Reliable; worthy of trust.
- Consistent with reality.
- Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
- 1976, "Missouri Breakers"[1]
- She wanted to be free to explore casual affairs, but her man had to be faithful .
- 1976, "Missouri Breakers"[1]
- (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
Derived terms
- faithfully
- faithfulness
Translations
See also
- go to the wall for someone
- stand by
- true
Noun
faithful (plural faithfuls)
- (in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
- Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.
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faithless
English
Etymology
From Middle English feithles, equivalent to faith +? -less.
Adjective
faithless (comparative more faithless, superlative most faithless)
- Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
- Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
- Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
- 1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, p. 283:
- Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life […]
- 1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, p. 283:
- Not observant of promises or covenants.
- Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
- Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous, disloyal
- Serving to disappoint or deceive
- Synonyms: delusive, unsatisfying
Derived terms
- faithless elector
- faithlessly
- faithlessness
Anagrams
- flashiest, stalefish
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