righteous
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righteous
- /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/
- /ˈɹaɪtjəs/ obsolete
- /ˈɹaɪti.əs/ obsolete
Rhymes with -aɪtʃəs
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more righteous · most righteous · rightuous · rightwise
- Free from sin or guilt. The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
- 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.
- Justified morally. righteous indignation
- Awesome; great. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
- Major; large; significant. He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore.
verb righteouses · righteousing · righteoused · rightuous · rightwise
- 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.
