honeste
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Adverb
honeste
Latin
Adjective
honeste
- vocative masculine singular of honestus
Adverb
honestē (comparative honestius, superlative honestissimē)
References
- “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.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈnɛst(ə)/, /ˈɔnɛst(ə)/
Adjective
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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Descendants
References
- “honest(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old French honesté, honesteté, onesté, from Latin honestās, honestātem; equivalent to honeste (“good”) + -te.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈnɛsteː/, /ˈɔnɛsteː/, /-stiteː/
Noun
honeste (uncountable)
- respect, decency, honour:
- respectability (honourable position or status)
- veneration, recognition
- beauty, elegance, taste
- chastity, virginity
Descendants
References
- “honestẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “honestetẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus
Adjective
honeste m or f (plural honestes)
- honest
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- De l’utile et de l’honeste
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- French: honête
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
honeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular honeste)
Related terms
Descendants
Spanish
Verb
honeste
- inflection of honestar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative