respectuous
English
editAdjective
editrespectuous (comparative more respectuous, superlative most respectuous)
- (obsolete) respectful
- 1648, Robert Boyle, letter to Mr. Jones:
- I thought it pardonabler to say nothing by a respectuous silence
- (obsolete) respectable
- 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- a great man, more amorous of her person than reſpectuous of her honour
References
edit“respectuous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.