redoubtable
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)
- Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
- The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.
- 1941 September, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part V”, in Railway Magazine, page 396:
- This new batch was sent to Leicester shed, and the redoubtable enginemen who had made such a reputation for themselves with the ex-G.C.R. Atlantics took to the "B17s" immediately, although, of course, they required quite different driving methods; [...].
- 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
- Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!
- (obsolete) Valiant.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
awe-inspiring
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References edit
- “redoubtable”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French edit
Adjective edit
redoubtable (plural redoubtables)
- Archaic spelling of redoutable.
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)
Descendants edit
- French: redoutable