† right-upadj.
Obsolete.
1. That rises or projects directly upwards.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.)
staira1175
slidingc1325
steepa1400–50
side?a1475
right-up1511
steep-down1530
steepwise1542
headlonga1557
steep-up?a1560
pitch hill1560
pendent1587
high-pitched1596
steeped1596
perpendicular1598
steepy1735
declivitous1799
steepish1814
escarped1853
steep-cut1888
swooping1956
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxxvijv It is very daungerous to go vp vnto the hyghte of this Mounte..for the perillous step and right vp passage.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 87 This house was in the right-vp-street.
?1655 R. Baron Mirza i. 5 We met..a giddy stream Of people, with broad eyes, and right-up ears.
1838 H. Martineau Retrospect of Western Trav. I. 120 Utica, the most extempore place we had seen. The right-up shops, the daubed houses.
1877 M. W. Chapman in H. Martineau Autobiogr. II. 468 The bookcase, which she called ‘a right-up’ bookcase. It was a straight, tall, narrow bookcase, made to fit in between two windows.
2. Upright; honest.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective]
righteOE
righteouseOE
right-doingOE
rightfullOE
justc1384
rekenc1400
justfulc1425
upright1530
right-up1539
right-minded1574
principled1697
well-minded1824
unwrongful1876
1539 R. Taverner tr. W. Capito Epitome of Psalmes (new ed.) i. sig. O.vi Loke vpon thy poore wretches cause, and rydde me out of these dayly greuaunces, then shall I wyth a ryghte vp harte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy name.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxix. 343 A Rightup man: of perfect wayes: is blest and blest agayne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1511