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Etymology

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honesta (honest) +‎ -e

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honeste

  1. honestly

Latin

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honeste

  1. vocative masculine singular of honestus

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honestē (comparative honestius, superlative honestissimē)

  1. honourably, decently

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  • 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.

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Etymology 1

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From Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus.

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈnɛst(ə)/, /ˈɔnɛst(ə)/

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honeste (plural and weak singular honeste, comparative honestere)

  1. honourable, noble; of high regard
  2. appropriate, suitable:
    1. decent, meet
    2. righteous, moral, ethical
  3. fine, good (of superior quality):
    1. magnificent, splendid
    2. gorgeous, attractive
  4. (rare) pure, chaste
  5. (rare) honest, truthful
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  • English: honest
  • Scots: honest
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Etymology 2

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From Old French honeste, honestete, oneste, from Latin honestās, honestātem; equivalent to honeste (good) +‎ -te.

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈnɛsteː/, /ˈɔnɛsteː/, /-stiteː/

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honeste (uncountable)

  1. respect, decency, honour:
    1. integrity, virtue
    2. propriety, seemliness, respectableness
  2. respectability (honourable position or status)
  3. veneration, recognition
  4. beauty, elegance, taste
  5. chastity, virginity
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Middle French

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Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus

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honeste m or f (plural honestes)

  1. honest

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Old French

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Latin honestus

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honeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular honeste)

  1. honest
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Verb

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honeste

  1. inflection of honestar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative