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righteous
English
Alternative forms
- rightuous, rightwise (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtw?s (“righteous, just, right, justifiable”), corresponding to right +? -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right +? wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtw?sic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?t??s/
- Rhymes: -a?t??s
Adjective
righteous (comparative more righteous, superlative most righteous)
- Free from sin or guilt.
- Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious.
- Justified morally.
- righteous indignation
- (slang, US) Awesome; great.
- 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story (page 191)
- He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
- 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story (page 191)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
righteous (third-person singular simple present righteouses, present participle righteousing, simple past and past participle righteoused)
- To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 101:
- Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 101:
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respectable
English
Etymology
respect +? -able
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): [?i.?sp?k.t?.bl?]
Adjective
respectable (comparative more respectable, superlative most respectable)
- Deserving respect.
- In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.
- Decent; satisfactory.
- Moderately well-to-do.
Synonyms
- honorable
Antonyms
- contemptible
- despicable
- disrespectable
Related terms
- respectability
- respectabilize
- respectably
Translations
See also
- respectful
- respective
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /r?s.p?k?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /res.pek?ta.ble/
Adjective
respectable (masculine and feminine plural respectables)
- respectable
Derived terms
- respectabilitat
Related terms
- respectar
Further reading
- “respectable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “respectable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “respectable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “respectable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
respect +? -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.p?k.tabl/
- Homophone: respectables
- Hyphenation: res?pec?table
Adjective
respectable (plural respectables)
- respectable
Derived terms
- respectablement
Further reading
- “respectable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- respectábel
Adjective
respectable m or f (plural respectables)
- respectable
Derived terms
- respectabilidade
Related terms
- respectar
Further reading
- “respectable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
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