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honourable
English
Adjective
honourable (comparative more honourable, superlative most honourable)
- Britain standard spelling of honorable.
- 1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474
- It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.
- 1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474
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decent
English
Etymology
From Middle French décent, or its source, Latin dec?ns, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *de?- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (doké?, “I appear, seem, think”), ??????? (dékhomai, “I accept”); Sanskrit ??????? (da?asyáti, “shows honor, is gracious”), ????? (d??ati, “makes offerings, bestows”)). Meaning ‘kind, pleasant’ is from 1902.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?di?s?nt/
Adjective
decent (comparative more decent, superlative most decent)
- (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
- (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
- (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
- Fair; good enough; okay.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:
- And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:
- Significant; substantial.
- Conforming to percievied standards of good taste.
- (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
Synonyms
- (conforming suitably to moral standards): good, moral
- (good enough): adequate, satisfactory
Antonyms
- (conforming suitably to moral standards): bad, immoral
- (sufficiently clothed): indecent, underdressed
- (good enough): inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
Related terms
- decency
- decently
Translations
Anagrams
- cedent
Romanian
Etymology
From French décent, from Latin decens.
Adjective
decent m or n (feminine singular decent?, masculine plural decen?i, feminine and neuter plural decente)
- decent
Declension
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