Etymology
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From Middle English meritorious, borrowed between 1375 and 1425 from Latin meritōrius (“earning money”), from meritus, past participle of mereō (“to earn”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/, /ˌmɛɹɪˈtoʊɹi.əs/
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Adjective
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meritorious (comparative more meritorious, superlative most meritorious)
- Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.
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Translations
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deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward
- Bulgarian: похвален (bg) (pohvalen), заслужен (bg) (zaslužen)
- Catalan: meritori
- Dutch: verdienstelijk (nl)
- Finnish: ansiokas (fi)
- French: méritoire (fr), louable (fr)
- German: verdienstvoll (de)
- Hungarian: érdemes (hu), érdemdús (hu), dicséretes (hu)
- Malayalam: അർഹതയുള്ള (aṟhatayuḷḷa)
- Russian: похва́льный (ru) (poxválʹnyj), заслу́живающий (ru) (zaslúživajuščij) награ́ды (ru) f (nagrády)
- Spanish: meritorio (es) m, loable (es), laudable (es), encomiable (es), elogiable (es), ensalzable, benemérito (es) m, plausible (es)
- Swedish: förtjänstfull (sv)
- Tagalog: tampat
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