righteous

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
    — Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.
形容词 adj.
  1. Free from sin or guilt.
    — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
  2. Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
    — Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.
  3. Justified morally.
    — righteous indignation
  4. Awesome; great. US,slang
    — The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
  5. Major; large; significant. US,slang
    — He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore.

词形变化

more righteous comparative most righteous superlative rightuous alternative rightwise alternative righteouses present,singular,third-person righteousing participle,present righteoused participle,past righteoused past rightuous alternative rightwise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
overrighteous Righteous Among the Nations righteously righteousness self-righteous unrighteous uprighteous
相关词
lefteous

词源

词源 1
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.
词源 2
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.
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