different between luteous vs duteous
luteous
English
Etymology
From Latin luteus.
Adjective
luteous
- yellowish
- Of or pertaining to mud.
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duteous
English
Etymology
Irregular combination of duty +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?dju?.ti.?s/, /?d?u?.ti.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?du.ti.?s/
- Rhymes: -u?ti?s
Adjective
duteous (comparative more duteous, superlative most duteous)
- (archaic) dutiful
- a duteous son
- (archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
- I know thee well. A ?eruiceable Villaine,
As duteous to the vices of thy Mi?tris,
As badne??e would de?ire.
- I know thee well. A ?eruiceable Villaine,
- 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Heart of the Night, lines 10-14
- O Lord, the awful Lord of will! though late,
- Even yet renew this soul with duteous breath:
- That when the peace is garnered in from strife,
- The work retrieved, the will regenerate,
- This soul may see thy face, O Lord of death!
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
Related terms
- duteously
- duty
- unduteous
Translations
References
- The Oxford English Dictionary
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