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单词 honoured
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honouredhonoredadj.

Brit. /ˈɒnəd/, U.S. /ˈɑnərd/
Forms: see honour v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honour v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < honour v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Held in or worthy of honour; highly esteemed or respected; distinguished, dignified; celebrated.age-, all-, time-honoured: see the first elements.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]
faireOE
wortheOE
worthlyeOE
worthfulOE
menskful?c1225
toldc1275
digne1297
of price?a1300
worshiply1340
worthya1350
menska1375
thriftyc1374
worshipfula1375
worthilya1375
honesta1382
honourablec1384
unshamedc1384
sada1387
of reputationc1390
well-nameda1393
reverent1398
worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400
celebrable?c1400
honouredc1400
worshipablec1425
substantialc1449
undefameda1450
unreviled?1457
honorousa1500
reputed?1532
well-thought-ona1533
well-spoken1539
credible1543
undespised?1548
imitable1550
famous1555
undistained1565
undefame1578
untarred1579
well-reputed1583
unsoiledc1592
dishonourless1595
well-deemed1595
nameworthy1598
regardful1600
indisgraced1606
credenta1616
undishonoureda1616
unscandalized1618
unscandalous1618
unslandered1622
untainted1627
dignousa1636
undisparaged1636
considerable1641
unbranded1641
glorifiable1651
reputable1671
unsullied1743
unstigmatized1778
undisgraced1812
unstained1863
well-thought-of1865
uncompromised1882
scandal-proof1904
cred1987
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2412 Myn honoured ladyeȝ..þus hor knyȝt wyth hor kest han koyntly bigyled.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxvii. 98 The moste douted and honoured prince.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 152 I am from humble, he from honored name. View more context for this quotation
1644 Sir S. Luke in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 222 Honoured Sir, Give mee leave to beg your favour.
?1765 C. Lucas Cursory Remarks Bath & Bristol Waters 41 You and the rest of my honored friends of the college were pleased to judge me well versed in Chemistry.
1798 M. Pilkington Mirror for Female Sex 99 To precede his royal guest, and make preparations for the honoured visit.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 19 Oct. 149 Have I then endeavoured to connect public odium with his honoured name?
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 40 There Ken passed a happy and honoured old age.
1903 Humanitarian Mar. 104 An honoured place among the prophet-poets of democracy.
1974 R. J. Smethurst Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism iv. 106 He became an honored member of the community.
2003 Eastern Eye 3 Oct. 80/3 They are our honoured guests and we will ensure nothing goes wrong.
2. Heraldry. = crowned adj. 1b. Obsolete. historical. rare.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [adjective] > crowned or coroneted
crownedc1405
coronetty1688
honoured1688
imperially crowned1715
navally crowned1816
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 138/2. This Lion..is crowned with a Coronett is termed a Lion (in such or such a posture) honored..and no otherwise anciently, though now we say crowned.
?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Ff3v Honoured or Crowned, the former term is sometimes used in old blazon when any animal, &c. is borne crowned.

Compounds

Honoured Society n. (also with lower-case initials) [after Italian onorata società (1888 or earlier), so called with allusion to the organization's code of honour] (usually with the) (a name for) the Camorra (camorra n. 2); (in later use also more generally) any of various organized crime syndicates originating in southern Italy; the Mafia.
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1904 S. Fitzgerald Naples iv. 69 The full meaning of the word ‘Camorra’ (or ‘Honoured Society’, as the Camorristi call it) is probably known only by the Neapolitans themselves.
1959 E. J. Hobsbawm Primitive Rebels (1963) iii. 49 The so-called Honoured Society ('ndranghita, fibbia) has long been known to one and all in Southern Calabria.
1972 New York 7 Aug. 7/1 The main responsibility of the..gang to the honored society, however, is to bring in the Mafia recruits.
2006 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Feb. 9 The Honoured Society is a worldwide Calabrian gang with a major presence in Australia, specialising in marijuana, protection rackets and fraud.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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