English Explanatory Dictionary

honourable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Standard spelling of honorable.
noun
  1. Standard spelling of honorable.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of honourable.

Word forms

honourable more honourable most honourable honourables

Etymology

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.

Derived words

do the honourable thing honourability honourableness honourably unhonourable Right Honourable
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