Greek edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔντιμος (éntimos, honoured) with semantic loan from French honnête and honorable.[1]

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έντιμος (éntimosm (feminine έντιμη, neuter έντιμο)

  1. honourable (UK), honorable (US) (worthy of respect; conforming to what honour dictates)
  2. honest, upright (scrupulous with regard to truth and ethics)
  3. (formal, in the superlative Εντιμότατος, as an honorific address or title) Honourable (UK), Honorable (US)

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References edit

  1. ^ έντιμοςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.