honorable

Significado (Inglês)

Oposto de
contemptible, despicable, mean
Freqüência

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

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