| 单词 | rectitudinous |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrectiˈtudinous rectiˈtudinous adj. characterized by moral rectitude; also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > consciously respectable > characterized by conscious respectability smug1851 rectitudinous1897 1897 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 2/1 Notoriously and unctuously rectitudinous. 1906 F. S. Oliver Alexander Hamilton v. ii. 381 The rectitudinous inquisition that is enjoyed under the freedom of the press. 1933 in Social Forces 24 (1946) 391/2 (note) She was the most rectitudinous and impressive person I had contact with. 1963 ‘G. Rogers’ Scandal in Eden 199 The vindictiveness of the rectitudinous had to be given a target. 1995 P. Roth Sabbath's Theater 19 But for that you will have to find a more rectitudinous old man. < as lemmas |
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