meritorious

English

Etymology

From Middle English meritorious, borrowed between 1375 and 1425 from Latin meritōrius (“earning money”), from meritus, past participle of mereō (“to earn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/, /ˌmɛɹɪˈtoʊɹi.əs/

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Adjective

meritorious (comparative more meritorious, superlative most meritorious)

1. Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.

   The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

Synonyms

• meedful
• meritious

Antonyms

• immeritorious

Derived terms

• meritoriously
• meritoriousness

Translations

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)
• 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
• Tagalog: tampat