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well-behaved
English
Etymology
well +? behaved
Adjective
well-behaved (comparative better-behaved or more well-behaved, superlative best-behaved or most well-behaved)
- (of a person or animal) Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour
- The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.
- (mathematics) Having intuitive, easy to handle properties, especially: having a finite derivative of all orders at all points, and having no discontinuities.
Synonyms
- well-mannered
- seemly
Antonyms
- ill behaved
- (in mathematics): degenerate, pathological
Hyponyms
- polite
Derived terms
- well-behavedly
- well-behavedness
Translations
See also
- well-posed
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honorable
English
Alternative forms
- honble (obsolete)
- Honorable (honorific)
- (British spelling:) honourable, Honourable (honorific)
Etymology
From Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin hon?r?bilis, from hon?r? (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. Surface analysis is honor +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n??r?bl, ?n?r?bl, IPA(key): /??n???bl?/, /??n??bl?/
- (General American) enPR: ?n??r?bl, ?n?r?bl, IPA(key): /??n???bl?/, /??n??bl?/
- Hyphenation: hon?or?able, honor?able
Adjective
honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable) (American spelling)
- Worthy of respect; respectable.
- (politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
Synonyms
- venerable
- noble
- Hon'ble
- Hon.
Antonyms
- despicable
- contemptible
- mean
Derived terms
- Hon., Hon'ble, Honourable
- honorably, honourably
- (politics): right honorable, right honourable
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin hon?r?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.no??a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.nu??a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.no??a.ble/
Adjective
honorable (masculine and feminine plural honorables)
- honorable
Derived terms
- honorablement
Further reading
- “honorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “honorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “honorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “honorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin hon?r?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /?.n?.?abl/
Adjective
honorable (plural honorables)
- honorable
Derived terms
- faire amende honorable
- hon.
- très honorable
Related terms
- honneur
Further reading
- “honorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- honorábel
Etymology
From Latin hon?r?bilis.
Adjective
honorable m or f (plural honorables)
- honorable
Related terms
- honor
- honra
Further reading
- “honorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hon?r?bilis. Equivalent to honor +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ono??able/, [o.no??a.??le]
Adjective
honorable (plural honorables)
- honorable
- Synonym: honesto
Derived terms
- honorablemente
Related terms
- honor
- honra
- honrar
Further reading
- “honorable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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