单词 | dutiful |
释义 | dutifuladj. 1. Full of ‘duty’, i.e. that which is due to a superior; rendering the services, attention, and regard that are due. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] lawfulc1430 dutiful1552 duteous1594 pious1614 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dutifull or dewtifull, officiosus. 1590 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 57 With all duetifull respect unto your Lordship. 1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 401 How can I pay dutiful Allegiance To him? 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xviii. 121 If words were duty, Clarissa Harlowe would be the dutifullest child breathing. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. viii. 511 Dutiful and loyal subjects of the King of Great Britain. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [adjective] > due or owed (of an obligation) > falling upon one as a duty duec1390 incumbent1567 dutiful1588 behovable1596 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 177 Quhilk [cardinal] vertues ar also called official or dewetifull, for that of thame proceids al kynd of offices and dewties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1552 |
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