honeste
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honeste
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honeste
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honestē (comparative honestius, superlative honestissimē)
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- “honeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “honeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- honeste in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- honeste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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From Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus.
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honeste (plural and weak singular honeste, comparative honestere)
- honourable, noble; of high regard
- appropriate, suitable:
- fine, good (of superior quality):
- (rare) pure, chaste
- (rare) honest, truthful
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- “honest(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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From Old French honeste, honestete, oneste, from Latin honestās, honestātem; equivalent to honeste (“good”) + -te.
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honeste (uncountable)
- respect, decency, honour:
- respectability (honourable position or status)
- veneration, recognition
- beauty, elegance, taste
- chastity, virginity
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- “honestẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “honestetẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus
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honeste m or f (plural honestes)
- honest
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- De l’utile et de l’honeste
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- French: honête
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honeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular honeste)
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honeste
- inflection of honestar: