单词 | right-doing |
释义 | right-doingadj. rare. That does what is right or proper. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] righteOE righteouseOE right-doingOE rightfullOE justc1384 rekenc1400 justfulc1425 upright1530 right-up1539 right-minded1574 principled1697 well-minded1824 unwrongful1876 OE Blickling Homilies 51 Ealle ure eorþan wæstmas beoþ gebletsode, gif we beoþ riht donde. OE Blickling Homilies 61 A seo duru þæs heofonlican rices biþ ontyned þæm rihtgelyfendum monnum & þæm riht dondum. 1873 M. M. Grant Bright Morning I. xiii. 248 ‘Boy, boy!’ he cried, ‘you are well-meaning; you are a right-doing fellow.’ 1904 E. P. Oppenheim Betrayal (1907) xl. 331 A typical English gentleman, proud, sensitive of his honour, in every action which came before the world a right-dealing and a right-doing man. 2004 C. Seerveld Voicing God's Psalms (2005) viii. 128 When a tried-and-true right-doing person sharply corrects me, it is like covenantal grace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE |
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