honorific
English
Alternative forms
- honorifick (obsolete, rare)
- honourific (non‐standard)
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%Qn@"rIfIk/
- (US) IPA: /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%A:n@"rIfIk/
- Hyphenation: hon‧or‧if‧ic
Noun
honorific (plural honorifics)
- A title. (i.e., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
- A term of respect; respectful language.
Translations
title or term of respect
Adjective
honorific (comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific)
- Showing or conferring honour and respect.
- 1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9, page 59:
- According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
- 1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9, page 59:
- Based on or valuing honor
- 2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-47445-0, page 143:
- In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]
- 2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-47445-0, page 143: