Meaning

1 senses

  1. UK standard spelling of honorable.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Do honourable people scare the others?

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  2. I have the best and most honourable intentions.

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  3. An honourable death is better than a shameful life.

    deEin ehrlicher Tod ist besser als ein schändliches Leben. — Esperantostern

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  4. I heard a very honourable story from the company president.

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  5. Commanders are not simple commoners but honourable directors of this war.

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Origin

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābil

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

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Forms

plural: honourables
Singularhonourable
Pluralhonourables

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
honorifichonourA2hoodB2hoodie
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