honourable

CEFRB2

/ˈɑnərəbəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Deserving respect because of being honest and fair.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Alternative letter-case form of honourable.

Examples

  • Aoga receives an honourable mention at the Kodansha Award for New Writers of Children’s Literature.

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

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Standard spelling of honorable.

More examples

In context

  • It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

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Origin

adjective

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.