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单词 righteous
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righteousadj.n.adv.int.

Brit. /ˈrʌɪtʃəs/, U.S. /ˈraɪtʃəs/
Forms:

α. early Old English rechtwis (Mercian), early Old English ryhtwies, Old English hrihtwis (rare), Old English rehtwis (chiefly Anglian), Old English rihtawisa (weak declension, masculine, probably transmission error), Old English (Northumbrian)–Middle English (northern) rehtuis, Old English–Middle English rihtwis, Old English (rare)–Middle English rihtwys, Old English–Middle English ryhtwis, Old English (rare)–1500s ryhtwys, late Old English rihcwis, late Old English–Middle English rithwis, early Middle English reytweys, early Middle English richtuuis, early Middle English richtwis, early Middle English richwis, early Middle English riȝwis, early Middle English rihstwis, early Middle English rihtwile (plural, transmission error), early Middle English rirthwise (plural, transmission error), early Middle English ristewis, early Middle English ristwis, early Middle English riswis, early Middle English ritewis, early Middle English riþtwis, early Middle English ryhwis, Middle English reghtwis (northern), Middle English reghtwys (north-east midlands), Middle English richtwise (northern), Middle English rightwijs, Middle English riȝhtwis, Middle English riȝhtwise, Middle English rightwiss, Middle English rightwisse, Middle English rigthwis, Middle English riȝthwise, Middle English riȝttwis, Middle English riȝtwiis, Middle English riȝtwiise, Middle English riȝtwijs, Middle English rigtwis, Middle English riȝtwis, Middle English rigtwise, Middle English riȝtwise, Middle English riȝtwisse, Middle English rigtwys, Middle English riȝtwys, Middle English riȝtwyse, Middle English riȝtwyss, Middle English rihhtwis, Middle English rihtuis, Middle English rihtvis, Middle English rihtwise, Middle English rihtwiss, Middle English rihtwisse, Middle English rihuis, Middle English rihwis, Middle English rijȝtwijs, Middle English rithwise, Middle English rithwisse, Middle English rithwys, Middle English ritwis, Middle English ryghtwisse, Middle English ryghtwysse, Middle English ryȝtewys, Middle English ryȝthwis, Middle English ryȝtwis, Middle English ryȝtwys, Middle English ryȝtwyse, Middle English ryȝtywys (perhaps transmission error), Middle English ryhhtwys, Middle English rythwys, Middle English rytwis, Middle English rytwys, Middle English–1500s rightuis, Middle English–1500s rightwyse, Middle English–1500s rightwyss, Middle English–1500s rightwysse, Middle English–1500s righwis, Middle English–1500s righwys, Middle English–1500s rihtwyse, Middle English–1500s ryghtwis, Middle English–1500s ryghtwise, Middle English–1500s ryghtwys, Middle English–1500s ryghtwyse, Middle English–1500s ryghwis, Middle English–1500s ryghwys, Middle English–1500s ryghwyse, Middle English–1600s rightwis, Middle English–1600s rightwys, Middle English–1700s 1800s (archaic)– rightwise, late Middle English reghtewys, late Middle English rightewis, late Middle English rightwisch, late Middle English rihtewis, late Middle English ryghtyswis (transmission error), late Middle English ryȝtewis, late Middle English rygtewys, late Middle English rygthtuys, late Middle English rytewyse, late Middle English–1500s rightewise, late Middle English–1500s ryghtewis, late Middle English–1500s ryghtewise, late Middle English–1500s ryghtewyse, 1500s reightwis, 1500s rightewys, 1500s rightewyse, 1500s rightwijse, 1500s righwise, 1500s ryghtewys, 1500s ryghtuis, 1500s ryghtuys, 1500s rygthwyse, 1500s rygtwys; Scottish pre-1700 rechtuys, pre-1700 richtewise, pre-1700 richtiuis, pre-1700 richtouis, pre-1700 richtuis, pre-1700 richtuise, pre-1700 richtuiss, pre-1700 richtwijs, pre-1700 richtwis, pre-1700 richtwise, pre-1700 richtwisse, pre-1700 richtwys, pre-1700 richtwyse, pre-1700 richwis, pre-1700 rigchtuis, pre-1700 rightuis, pre-1700 riȝtwis, pre-1700 rithtwise, pre-1700 rithwis, pre-1700 rychthowys, pre-1700 rychtiwis, pre-1700 rychtowis, pre-1700 rychttouis, pre-1700 rychttuis, pre-1700 rychtuis, pre-1700 rychtuise, pre-1700 rychtvijs, pre-1700 rychtvis, pre-1700 rychtvise, pre-1700 rychtwijs, pre-1700 rychtwis, pre-1700 rychtwise, pre-1700 rychtwys, pre-1700 rychtwyse, pre-1700 rychuis, pre-1700 rychwise, pre-1700 rychwys, pre-1700 rychwysse, pre-1700 ryghtwis, pre-1700 ryghtwise, pre-1700 ryghtwys, pre-1700 ryhtwis, pre-1700 ryhtwys, pre-1700 rythtwis, pre-1700 rythwys, pre-1700 rytwis.

β. Middle English riȝtwes, Middle English ryghtwus, Middle English ryȝtwus, Middle English (in a late copy)–1500s rightuouse, Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s rightuous, late Middle English rightewess, late Middle English rightewos, late Middle English rightwess, late Middle English rightwose, late Middle English rightwus, late Middle English riȝtweis, late Middle English rihtwous, late Middle English rithvues, late Middle English rithwes, late Middle English rithwus, late Middle English ryghȝtwes, late Middle English ryȝhteous, late Middle English ryghteuouse, late Middle English ryȝhteuouse, late Middle English ryghtuoss, late Middle English ryghtwess, late Middle English ryghtwos, late Middle English ryghtwosse, late Middle English ryȝtheuouse, late Middle English ryhtwos, late Middle English ryhwos, late Middle English rythwous, late Middle English rythwouse, late Middle English–1500s righteuous, late Middle English–1500s rightwes, late Middle English–1500s rightwesse, late Middle English–1500s rightwos, late Middle English–1500s ryghteuous, late Middle English–1500s ryghtuos, late Middle English–1500s ryghtuous, late Middle English–1500s ryghtuouse, late Middle English–1500s ryghtus, late Middle English–1500s ryghtwes, late Middle English–1500s ryghtwous, late Middle English–1700s (1800s– rare and nonstandard) rightous, 1500s rightehus, 1500s righteoues, 1500s righteows, 1500s righteues, 1500s righteuus, 1500s rightewes, 1500s righttous, 1500s righttuous, 1500s rightues, 1500s rightuoous, 1500s rightuos, 1500s rightuose, 1500s rightuousse, 1500s rightwese, 1500s rightwous, 1500s rightwouse, 1500s rightwuse, 1500s righwes, 1500s rigtehous, 1500s rigtewes, 1500s rigtuos, 1500s rigtuous, 1500s ryghteouse, 1500s ryghteouss, 1500s ryghteuos, 1500s ryghteus, 1500s ryghtewes, 1500s ryghtious, 1500s ryghtius, 1500s ryghtose, 1500s ryghtous, 1500s ryghtouse, 1500s ryghtteous, 1500s ryghttuous, 1500s ryghttuouse, 1500s ryghtues, 1500s ryghtuhus, 1500s ryghtuose, 1500s ryghtuousse, 1500s ryghtuowse, 1500s ryghtuus, 1500s ryghtvse, 1500s ryghtwesse, 1500s ryghtwose, 1500s ryghtyus, 1500s rygthtuos, 1500s rygtuous, 1500s ryhhteous, 1500s ryhteous, 1500s–1600s reghteous, 1500s–1600s reighteous, 1500s–1600s righteeus, 1500s–1600s righteoos, 1500s–1600s righteoous, 1500s–1600s righteos, 1500s–1600s righteouse, 1500s–1600s righteouss, 1500s–1600s righteousse, 1500s–1600s righteus, 1500s–1600s rightouse, 1500s–1600s rightteous, 1500s–1600s rigteous, 1500s–1600s rihhteous, 1500s–1600s ryghteous, 1500s–1700s (1800s– rare and nonstandard) rightious, 1500s– righteous, 1600s righteeous, 1600s righteoas, 1600s righteoeus, 1600s righteouus, 1600s righteoys, 1600s righteuos, 1600s rightoous; Scottish pre-1700 reightous, pre-1700 reychtcheous, pre-1700 richteouse, pre-1700 richteuous, pre-1700 richteus, pre-1700 richtewous, pre-1700 richtieus, pre-1700 richtious, pre-1700 richtis, pre-1700 richtius, pre-1700 richtouss, pre-1700 richtows, pre-1700 richtuous, pre-1700 richtus, pre-1700 richtuus, pre-1700 richtwos, pre-1700 richtwous, pre-1700 richtyus, pre-1700 richys, pre-1700 rictuous, pre-1700 righteus, pre-1700 rightis, pre-1700 rigteous, pre-1700 rihtus, pre-1700 rycheouse, pre-1700 rychteous, pre-1700 rychteus, pre-1700 rychtews, pre-1700 rychthous, pre-1700 rychthus, pre-1700 rychtious, pre-1700 rychtous, pre-1700 rychtows, pre-1700 rychtteous, pre-1700 rychttouous, pre-1700 rychttouus, pre-1700 rychttuous, pre-1700 rychttus, pre-1700 rychtuous, pre-1700 rychtus, pre-1700 rychtuus, pre-1700 rychtwus, pre-1700 rychtys, pre-1700 ryghteuos, pre-1700 ryteous, pre-1700 rythis, pre-1700 rytows, pre-1700 rytteus, pre-1700 rytus, pre-1700 1700s– righteous, pre-1700 1800s rightious, pre-1700 1800s– richteous, pre-1700 1900s– richtous, 1700s–1800s rightous.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right n., right adj., wise adj.
Etymology: Apparently < either right n. or right adj. + wise adj. (or perhaps wise n.1: compare -wise comb. form), or < the Germanic bases of these words. Perhaps the reflex of a Germanic compound which is reflected also by Middle Low German rechtwīs (adverb) correctly, on good grounds, rechtwīse (adjective) knowing the law, and by the apparent derivative formations Old High German rehtwīsīc just, lawful, rightful, rehtwīslīh sensible, and which is perhaps (if the first element shows the adjective) also reflected by Old Icelandic réttvíss, Old Swedish rätvis (Swedish rättvis), rætwis (Danish retvis), all in the sense ‘just, righteous’.Among other formations in -wīs in Old English compare especially (apparently with noun as first element) nēadwīs needful, fitting, due, and (apparently with adjective as first element) ðearlwīs strict, severe, relentless; compare also gescēadwīs , scēadwīs sagacious, intelligent, rational, reasonable, wise, and brægdwīs crafty, stæfwīs lettered, learned, getælwīs skilled in arithmetic. Compare also wrongous adj. A number of the α. and β. forms show the development of an unstressed medial vowel. The β. forms reflect reduction of the vowel in the final element and/or loss of /w/; in many cases they show remodelling after either -ous suffix, -uous suffix, or (in the case of the usual modern form) -eous suffix, which probably results from remodelling of a form showing an unstressed medial vowel. N.E.D. (1909) also gives the pronunciation (rəi·tyəs) /ˈraɪtjəs/. Pronunciation with an affricate /tʃ/ as medial consonant is attested in E. Coles Compl. Eng. Schoolmaster (1674).
A. adj.
1.
a. Of a person: acting or disposed to act rightly or justly; conforming to the precepts of divine law or accepted standards of morality; upright, virtuous. Cf. self-righteous adj.
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
α.
eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) x. 8 Quoniam iustus dominus et iustitiam dilexit: for ðon rehtwis dryhten & rehtwisnisse lufað.
OE Blickling Homilies 95 Uton beon eaþmode & mildheorte.., & beon rihtwise on urum mode wiþ oþre men.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1067 Ful oft se ungeleaffulla wer bið gehalgad & gehæled þurh þæt rihtwise [corrected to leaffulle by original scribe; L. fidelem] wif.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxvii. 298 Se wisdom gedeð his lufiendas..geþyldige and rihtwise.
c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 69 Þis is þæt edlean þare rihtwisæ monnæ þe rihtlice leofedon.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 369 Zacarie..& ȝho [sc. Elizabeth] þatt wass hiss macche Wærenn rihhtwise. & gode menn.
a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 231 (MED) He haueð ȝerimed rihtwisan mannan infer to his rice.
?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) 278 (MED) Wel ouȝte we to heren him þat is riȝtwis.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxiv. 18 More riȝtwijs [a1425 L.V. more iust; L. Iustior] þou art þan I.
c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 905 Rygh-wis [c1450 Fairf. 16 ryght-wis] god to euery louere synde..more prosperite Than euere ȝit hade Piramus & Tisbe.
a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 2754 (MED) Syre, ryghtwys emperour, Thou dost thy selven lytyl honour.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxvii None rightwyser then he Is in the worlde nor of more noblenes.
1577 St. Aug. Medit. A v b But Christ is iust In hym haue trust And hys iustice Makes thee rightwise.
?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 1552 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 273 A goode & rythtwis mane.
β. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 11914 (MED) Þe wey of lyff wyþouten ende, Out of ryghtwus mannes mouþe shal wende.a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 8841 (MED) He ys a ryghtwos man and full sage.1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 54 Most reverend, rightwose regent of this rigalitie.?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. e.v Let a righteous man then considre how grete a felicite hit is to haue god fall vnto him as his enheritaunce.1534 W. Turner tr. J. von Watt Of Olde God & Newe sig. Kijv Vnto the euerlastynge ryghtuous, moost good..god.1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxv. f. 69v There is nothyng better,..righteouser, or holyer, than he.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 308 A Prince maist godlie and rychtuous.a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. ii. 4 Let me be recorded by the righteous Gods, I am as poore as you. View more context for this quotation1660 J. Tombes True Old Light 27 Noah was a righteous man and walked with God.1680 R. Baxter Church-hist. Govt. Bishops vi. 117 Theodorick an Arian, more rightuous than the Popes, would not deprive them of their liberty of choice.1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 45 A righteous Government..which necessarily implies a righteous Governor.1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. x. 287 ‘To what do you allude, righteous father?’ enquired the astonished Marchesa.1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel viii-ix. 519 A righteous intercessor for man.1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 84 He who is righteous in the treatment of his slaves..has in him the seed of virtue.1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman xxi. 253 Our predecessor, that thorn in the flesh of the most righteous saint and soldier.1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain vii. 168 He is a good, righteous man, I am sure; though he was proper pixy-led before the captain came.2005 Church Times 21 Oct. 22/5 The trouble with this kind of ‘committed’, ‘personal’ writing..is that it acts as a seduction to join the club of the righteous remnant, and bypasses the hard work of analytic thinking.
b. Of an action, situation, emotion, etc.: characterized by justice or uprightness; morally right or justifiable.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] > specifically of actions
righteousOE
α.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxii. 457 He sylf [wearð] syððan of his cynerice ascofen, & on wræcsiðe asend swiðe rihtwisum dome.
OE Blickling Homilies 73 Se Godes man sceal beon fulfremed on rihtwisum weorcum.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 49 Hwa se ȝemelesliche wit hire uttre ehnen þurh godes rihtwise [a1400 Pepys riȝthwise; ?c1225 Cleo. richte] dom ha ablindeð iþe inre.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. xxvii. 6 Riȝtwis þyng askyn þe douȝtris of salffath.
a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 123 (MED) Boy, þou ert he Þat stroies oure goddes..And gers my broþer..Leue right-wis trowth, to trow þi lay?
c1480 (a1400) St. George 440 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 188 Quhethire þat it mare richtwis be til honoure god..þane appolline.
1534 W. Turner tr. J. von Watt Of Olde God & Newe sig. Kijv The Pope, whiche is your god.., what soeuer he doethe is ryghtwyse.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. ix. f. xxvv Callyng man to rightwyse life he therin sheweth his bounteous mercy & goodnes.
?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 1094 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 258 Þat kynges..Tholys a wirgyne Innocent Ageynes all rithtwise Jugement To be peryst.
β. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 512 (MED) It is rightwus at þe brethur of our Lord be cled þerwith mor þan þou.a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 592 By mysadventure kynge Marke smote sir Amante thorow the body; and yet was sir Amaunte in the ryghtuous quarell.c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Civ It shalbe nedefull to do so, & ryghteous.1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Cviv Zuinglius..was slayne..in defendinge hys citye.., which cause was moost rightuous.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn2v What booteth then the good and righteous deed, If goodnesse find no grace?1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiv. 214 Instructing men in the way of righteous living.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 804 Faithful hath been your Warfare, and of God Accepted, fearless in his righteous Cause. View more context for this quotation1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 96 Nor would it have been Righteous in Noah to have done so.1789 W. Cowper Annus Memorabilis 44 The symbol of a righteous reign Sat fast on George's brows again.1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xi. 270 Her righteous wrath was too deep for upbraidings.1882 F. W. Farrar Early Christianity II. 391 A righteous life is the result of faith, and faith is deepened by a righteous life.1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xvi. 207 Even in a righteous cause, could anything so wicked be justified?1960 Scotsman 14 Apr. Is there not room for a little righteous anger and even condemnation?2007 T. Allen Suspended in Time 269 Deshaun came home at the ripeful age twenty four and his main intentions were to stay on a righteous path.
c. With negative connotations: characterized by affected or hypocritical moral rectitude or superiority; self-righteous, sanctimonious.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > consciously respectable
self-righteous?1575
Pharisaica1618
wholehearteda1628
smug1669
pious1683
righteous1809
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. ii. 137 The cunning fox or ravenous wolf, skulked in the woods, where now are to be seen the dens of Gomez and his righteous fraternity of money brokers.
1835 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 685/2 Then forth flows from all corners of the mother country a torrent of righteous indignation against our intolerant bigotry and tyrannical exclusiveness..—‘You Irish are always differing among yourselves.’
1916 G. W. James Living Radiant Life xv. 175 Some of the smug, comfortably righteous members of his congregation.
1956 Times 24 Apr. 5/3 Now their stern moralists and economic puritans reproved Mr. Butler with an air of righteous self-satisfaction.
1993 A. B. Brook Hard Way viii. 41 He..got into a published squabble with his fellow members..who nitpicked his reports of what they said in righteous letters to the editor.
2.
†a. Scots Law. Of the boundaries or pertinents (pertinent n. 1) of an estate: fixed or sanctioned by law or custom. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
?1312 in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1870) II. xix [Totam terram suam..cum..suis] rithwis diuisis.
1398 in G. D. MacRae Early Sc. Texts (1975) No. 5 All thair rychtwyse pertina[n]ce.
1422 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 208 Hafand..al tha for-sayid landis..be al rychtwys markis, marchis, and thair dewyssis.
1475 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 82 With all..richtwis pertinentis to the forsaidis landis pertening or that richtwisly may pertene.
1483 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) III. 35 Be all rychtwys merches, alde and diuidit, as thai ly in lyntht ande brede.
1552 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 246 With all rycheouse pertenens tharto pertenand or be the law justlie may pertein.
1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 157 With all and sundry other Commodities, Liberties, Privileges, Easements, and righteous Pertinents whatsoever.
1746 in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics of Scotl. (1821) 2nd Ser. 374 The incorporation accordingly..do elect and chuse his royal highness..to be a freeman member of this incorporation, and..entituled to all the immunities, privileges, and righteous pertinents thereof.
b. Originally and chiefly Scottish. gen. Lawful, legitimate; = rightful adj. 2. Now rare.
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society > law > legal right > [adjective]
righteOE
kindc1300
rightfulc1330
truec1384
righteous1391
lawfula1400
just?1435
legitimec1450
legitimatea1460
verya1466
justc1540
reable1581
sib1701
competent1765
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > rightfully belonging to one
righteous1391
1391 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 249 Quharfore his clemeis is nocht like to be richtwise.
1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 585 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 Ye kenge is vndone quether he go or byde. And trewly..ryghtyswis kenge.
c1460 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Longleat) l. 10676 (MED) Rightwys heiere [c1450 Selden Abiam..of þat reme was ryghest ayre].
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 27 Thai..dar nocht..say othir wayis, bot yat he was rychtwis pape.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 141 Robert.., Quhilk in that tyme alledgit for to be The richteous air.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 131 His eftircumeris.., quha war rychteous Kingis of Scottis.
1606 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 285/1 The..vniting of..both the kingdomes in the royall persone of his..maiestie, indoubtit and richteous monarche of the samyn.
1689 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) III. 359 All our just and ryteous interests.
1741 Caledonian Mercury 2 June in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 429/1 The righteous Owner of these Goods may apply to Alexander Ainslie, Baillie of Dunse, who will restore them.
1797 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun Shrove-tide Child II. vi. 164 You mention your gratitude to me, whilst you have the most righteous claim to mine!
1847 Times 13 Sept. 4/1 To recall from exile all political emigrants.., upon no more stringent condition than that they should take a simple oath of future allegiance to the Sovereign, who has..shown so righteous a title to it.
1946 PMLA 61 766 He nurses a resentment for the people he imagines contesting his righteous claim.
3.
a. Genuine, authentic; true; correct, exact. Now U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage).Weakened in later use, passing into sense A. 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real
soothc888
soothlyc888
soothfastc1175
germanec1384
truea1398
sickera1400
upright?a1500
uncounterfeita1542
righteous1543
legitimate1551
truepennya1556
arrant1570
uncounterfeited1571
real1573
current1578
genuinal1599
unforged1610
unpretended1611
legitime1614
unabusinga1628
Lubish1632
genuine1639
undissembled1651
undissimulate1652
ingenuine1661
infallacious1677
real live1684
unfalsified1688
unmistaken1694
pukka1776
undissimulated1776
unassumed1818
uncynical1824
Simon Pure1834
sure-enough1837
unsimulated1840
straight-out1848
true blue1852
veritable1862
really (and) truly1864
authentic1868
true-metal1868
kosher1896
twenty-four carat1900
honest to goodness1905
echt1916
dinky-di1918
McCoy1928
twenty-two carat1962
right1969
1543 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 187 vj barrallis of salmond, full reid and sueit, of the rychtus kynd of this toun.
1551 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. II. f. 92v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Richtwis All mettis and mesouris..to be veseit gif thai be rychthous & the falty mesouris brunt & brokine.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 52 The truth-trying Logyk.., The righteous Geometrie.
1614 W. Barclay Nepenthes sig. A4v Avarice and greedines of gaine haue moued the Marchants to apparell some European plants with Indian coats, and to enstall them in shops as righteous and legittime Tabacco.
1890 J. Fiske Let. 23 Mar. (1940) 574 The same luxurious carriage brought me home—that is, to Brown's Chop House near here, and, being tired and faint, I had a righteous old English chop.
1967 H. S. Thompson Hell's Angels 184 I did some righteous work today for the first time in a long time... I unloaded thirty-five thousand pounds of frozen chickens.
1973 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight iv. 44 The bull dyke was the only righteous female in the place. In this dive you almost have to check everybody's plumbing to know whether it's interior or exterior.
1996 Billboard 6 Apr. 85/3 When organist Ron Levy set out to make the acid blues instrumental album ‘Zim Zam Zoom’..he decided to do it up with righteous authenticity.
2001 Vibe Feb. 22/2 I'm a righteous fan of his versatile music.
b. U.S. slang. As an intensifier: complete, utter; out-and-out.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute
shirea1225
purec1300
properc1380
plainc1395
cleana1400
fine?a1400
entirec1400
veryc1400
starka1425
utterc1430
utterlyc1440
merec1443
absolute1531
outright1532
cleara1535
bloodyc1540
unproachable1544
flat1553
downright1577
sheer1583
right-down?1586
single1590
peremptory1601
perfecta1616
downa1625
implicit1625
every way1628
blank1637
out-and-outa1642
errant1644
inaccessional1651
thorough-paced1651
even down1654
dead1660
double-dyed1667
through stitch1681
through-stitched1682
total1702
thoroughgoing1719
thorough-sped1730
regular1740
plumb1748
hollow1751
unextenuated1765
unmitigated1783
stick, stock, stone dead1796
positive1802
rank1809
heart-whole1823
skire1825
solid1830
fair1835
teetotal1840
bodacious1845
raw1856
literal1857
resounding1873
roaring1884
all out1893
fucking1893
pink1896
twenty-four carat1900
grand slam1915
stone1928
diabolical1933
fricking1937
righteous1940
fecking1952
raving1954
1940 C. Aiken Conversation i. 24 Good old George—so well-meaning, but such a righteous idiot!
1970 J. Wambaugh New Centurions viii. 139 That man is a righteous dog, Officer.
1990 J. Ellroy L.A. Confidential (1997) xviii. 120 He tried to get into my club, but we turned him down 'cause he is righteous trash.
2004 J. Connolly Bad Men ii. 42 While Veronica was pretty much all that a man could wish for in the sack,..she could be a righteous pain in the ass outside the bedroom.
4. U.S. slang (originally in African-American usage). Excellent, wonderful; ‘cool’. Often with implications of integrity or authenticity; cf. sense A. 3a.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
1930 ‘Blind’ Blake (title of song) Righteous blues.
1935 Chicago Defender 5 Jan. 8/8 Righteous opening, it was, at Dickie's new swank spot... The crowd rocked, swayed, and razz-a-ma-tazzed till the wee, wee hours.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xii. 218 Knock me some of that righteous bush [sc. marijuana], Poppa Mezz, so we can get tall and have a ball.
1956 R. Ellison Let. 15 Sept. in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 146 Maybe with a belly full of that righteous cuisine—con corn bread, con butter milk, con mustard greens.
1988 D. Waters Heathers (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 4 It'd be so righteous to be in a Veronica Sawyer–Heather Chandler sandwich.
1997 P. Bronson First $20 Million is Hardest 62 Theirs would be a screwup... Ours would be elegant, brilliant, righteous, and worthy.
2004 K. W. Keltner Dim Sum of All Things 117 Hey, Little Sister, wanna see my tattoo?.. It means Loyalty. Pretty righteous, huh?
B. n.
1. A righteous person. Now rare.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > righteous person
righteouseOE
rightfula1400
good livera1450
well-doer1491
rectitudinarian1671
eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) v. 13 Quoniam tu domine benedices iustum : for ðon ðu dryhten ðu bledsas ðone rehtwisan.
OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iii. 81 Þæs rihtwisan [c1175 Bodl. 343 rihtwisen] gebed miclum fremaþ beforan Gode.
OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 41 And se þe underfehþ rihtwisne [L. iustum] on rihtwises naman he onfehþ rihtwises mede.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 105 (MED) Ðas rihtwises saule, Anima justi, iwis is godes sate.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xli. 10 Vndertoc thee the riȝthond of my riȝtwis.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 62 (MED) Truly god more displesis a ryghtwys prowd [L. superbus iustus] þen a synnar meyk.
a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 7 (MED) Goddis iȝen ben euere on þe riȝtwise and his eeris listenande his preieris.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 40v Thoughe the righteous was sone gone, yet fulfilled he much time, for his soule pleased God, and therfore hasted he to take him away from amonge the wicked.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Fff.viii/2 Christe Iesus, he is the onely righteous in heauen and in earth, who needeth not first for his owne sinnes, and then for the offences of the people, eyther to pray or to offer sacrifice.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 701 Hee..whom thou beheldst The onely righteous in a World perverse. View more context for this quotation
1721 R. Blackmore New Version Psalms xxxiv. 70 The Righteous is involv'd in Woes, But by the Lord is freed.
1765 C. Smart tr. Psalms David xxxvii. 35/1 The righteous is humane And ever lends to need, And his unnumber'd seed Are blest and good in grain.
1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xlii. 418 He very soon left off coming the righteous over me.
2. With plural agreement: righteous people as a class.
a. With the.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > righteous person > collectively
well-willingeOE
righteousOE
perfecta1500
right-minded1820
OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 22 Tunc iusti fulgebunt sicut sol in regno patris eorum. Þæt ys on ænglisc, þonne scinað þa rihtwisan swa swa sunne on heora fæder rice.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. iii. 246 Gesihst þu nu þæt þa rihtwisan sint laðe and forþrycte?
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 67 Ure louerd..shodeð þe rihtwise an his rihthalue and wurðeð hem.
c1275 Doomsday (Calig.) in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 45 (MED) Þer stondeþ þe riȝtwise [a1275 Trin. Cambr. riswise] on his riȝt honde.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1043 Salt ðu nogt ðe rigt-wise weren?
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 26 Thou shalt ben clepid the cite of the riȝtwis [a1425 L.V. the riȝtful; L. iusti].
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxii. 231 (MED) Oure God þe Ryhtwos loveth Ryht Wel.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. ix. 13 I am not come to call the righteous, but ye synners to repentaunce.
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 204 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 302 Quhair the richtouss frome all feir sall go fre.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxiv. 108 The life of the righteous findes never any worse end than the death of the righteous.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) iv. ii Madly against the Righteous fight And follow after Lies.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 506 Th' atonement a Redeemer's love has wrought Is not for you—the righteous need it not.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. x. 259 The righteous saved, the wicked damned, And God's eternal government approved.
1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. xcii. 12 Contrasts the condition of the righteous with that of the graceless.
1910 J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. III. 822/2 The endless life of the righteous is not the result of any natural immortality inherent, but is the gift of God.
1968 E. D. O'Connor in N. Cruz & J. Buckingham Run Baby Run 14 The ‘invited guests’ at the table of the Lord, that is the ‘born Christians’, the righteous, the law-abiding members of society, have too often proved themselves unworthy.
2003 R. Taylor How to read Church 77 Later the Church took the view that the righteous would not have been sent to hell but to a limbo on the border of hell.
†b. Without the. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cxxiv. 3 Quia non derelinquet dominus uirgam peccatorum super sortem iustorum : for don ne forleteð dryhten gerd synfulra ofer hlet rehtwisra.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xix. 184 And rihtwisra siðfæt is swilce scinende leoht.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 30 (MED) Ich hit am þet weorri a wið rihtwise [Royal þe riht-wise].
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) 25246 (MED) In þis point also we pray For all rightwiss on domesday.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 103 Þat he deme and enbrace rightwysse [Ashm. rightfull men] and rightwysnesse, and þat he hate wronges & trespas.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 159 Of men, and of aungels, of ryght wyse and of synners.
C. adv.
†1. In a righteous or rightful manner; virtuously, justly; legitimately. Obsolete.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adverb]
righteOE
righteouslyOE
justlyc1384
righteousa1400
uprightly1549
upright1601
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28232 (MED) My pater noster..biddes al þat rightwys liue Til oþer alle þaire gilt for-giue.
c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 12 For him that ryȝtewis [Thornton rewfully; v.r. rightwisly] rest, and rose on the rode.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 374 And ȝe ar her..Als rychtwis born..As euir was I.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 474 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 109 Our saluatouris sepulture and ye samyn place Quhar he raiss as we reid richtuiss to ryng.
1653 tr. J. Böhme Consideration upon Bk. Esaias Stiefel i. 50 The Scripture saith, Before thee is none living Righteous.
1724 T. Masters Instr. & Diligence (new ed.) 47 Enabling them to live Righteous and Godly in Christ Jesus.
a1732 T. Boston Serm. & Disc. (1756) vi. 251 He was born holy, lived righteous, satisfied completely by his death: now he is got to the joy set before him.
2. U.S. slang (originally in African-American usage). Properly, fittingly, appropriately (cf. right adv. 11a). Also: fully, entirely.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]
fullyeOE
allesOE
fullOE
rightc1175
everydealc1300
wholec1300
whollya1325
finelyc1330
fairly1340
completec1374
gainlya1375
clearly1377
freelya1393
plaina1393
entire?a1400
entirelyc1400
oddlyc1400
sufficientlyc1440
expressc1475
totally1509
completely1526
finec1530
exactly?1531
sincerely1576
start1599
fillingly1611
circularly1618
solid1651
out-over1745
rotundly1775
roundedly?1802
whole hog1840
clear-away1883
whole cloth1917
righteous1948
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb]
wellOE
tidily1340
avenantlya1375
covenablyc1384
featlya1400
propera1400
queema1400
congruelyc1400
conably1411
cordingc1420
convenablyc1430
competentlyc1440
fitc1440
accordantlyc1443
accordinglyc1443
conveniently1447
at pointc1485
congruentlya1529
appliablyc1530
afferandly1536
suitingly1540
aptly1548
answerably1549
fitlyc1550
agreeingly1563
suitable1584
not unfitly1586
aptitudinallyc1600
handsome1600
sortfully1606
sortably1607
congruouslya1620
accommodately1623
adaptlya1648
inabusivelya1677
suitably1681
agreeably1753
appropriately1795
suitly1913
righteous1948
1948 W. Manone & P. Vandervoort Trumpet on Wing 93 So I'm going to send you off righteous, so you'll remember me.
1962 P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! xxii. 242 Cool yourself into rigor mortis for not copping righteous on de gismo.
1972 O. Hawkins Ghetto Sketches 70 I knew some cats who converted and they sho' 'nuff righteous got they shit together.
1998 R. Price Freedomland i. v. 104 We're gonna be great, man... We're gonna do it righteous.
2006 L. A. Banks Forsaken 41 We'll work this out, together, and go see Mar to purge you righteous, and things will be fine.
D. int.
slang (originally in African-American usage). Used to express affirmation or approval: ‘absolutely!’ ‘excellent!’
ΚΠ
1967 M. Braly On the Yard v. 89 ‘I was in the hospital.’ ‘¿Verdad?’ ‘Righteous. How you making it?’
1976 C. Rosen Mile above Rim 246 Quinton broke into a laid-back, gamboling smile. ‘Righteous, brother,’ he said.
1980 M. Thelwell Harder they Come v. 141 ‘Too much action roun' town fe me play wid no bruk sport who can't pay me. Right, Rhygin?’ he appealed to Ivan. ‘Righteous, man,’ Ivan agreed.
1993 K. Scott Monster 115 ‘This is for you, Bro,’ he said, handing me the strap and box of bullets. ‘Righteous.’
2003 L. Moriarty Center of Everything 218 Bye, dude. Righteous, man. Righteous.

Compounds

† righteous-doomous adj. Obsolete rare that judges well or rightly.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > in judgement
righteous-doomous?a1400
a1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 208 Soþly to þe riȝtwisdomous man it falliþ [etc.].
† righteous maker n. Obsolete a person (spec. God or Christ) who makes another or others righteous; cf. righteouser n.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes
horn of salvation (health)c825
fatherOE
Our FatherOE
leecha1200
searcher of (men's) heartsa1382
untempter1382
headstone of the cornerc1400
Valentinec1450
illuminator1485
sun?1521
righteous maker1535
shepherd1535
verity1535
strengthener1567
gracer1592
heart-searcher1618
heartbreaker1642
sustainera1680
philanthropist1730
the invisible1781
praise1782
All-Father1814
wisdom1855
omniscient1856
engracer1866
inbreather1873
God of the gaps1933
the great —— in the sky1968
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > as saviour
alesendeOE
healendc1000
healerc1175
buyera1300
saviourc1330
forbuyera1382
ransomera1400
salvatora1400
savera1400
salver14..
redemptorc1438
redeemer?a1475
again-buyer1530
righteous maker1535
regenerator1538
horn of salvation (health)1611
redemptionist1647
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxiii. 6 This is the name that they shall call him: euen the Lorde oure rightuous maker.
1560 T. Becon Christian Knight in Wks. (1564) II. 149 In my self I am a sinner, but in Christ, my righteous maker, I am righteous.
1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones iv. 422 Our God most mightie in heauen and earth, our righteous maker, and the worker of all goodnesse.
righteous-making n. and adj. (a) n. the causing of another or others to become righteous; spec. = justification n. 1; (b) adj. that makes a person righteous.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun]
justifyinga1382
righteousing?a1450
righteous-making1535
inrighteousing1587
righting1603
legitimating1606
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch ii. C For the deed..ascribe vnto the Lorde nether prayse ner rightuous-makynge.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Justif. Opened (1695) viii. 94 Righteous-making is accompanied with Justification.
1740 E. Smith Forty Two Serm. I. xv. 264 The righteous-making Inference of the Text.
1845 T. J. Hussey in Holy Bible with Comm.: New Test. (Rom. iii. 25) 2855/2 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, propitiatory offering,..to declare his righteousness, righteous-making mercy.
1897 C. E. Hay tr. J. Köstlin Theol. Luther II. iv. vi. 437 So entirely does he..place the righteous-making in the forgiveness, or imputation, that he bluntly declares..we become righteous simply through the forgiveness (of our sins).
1940 C. C. Hinkle Building Life ii. 32 Base indifference to the divinely-appointed institution for righteous making, has produced people who are case-hardened.
2008 R. Highfield Great is Lord 189 The righteous God..conquers unrighteousness by converting the sinner... His righteousness is..a righteous-making righteousness.
righteous moss n. U.S. slang (now rare) (in African-American use) hair considered as having a desirable texture, esp. straight, long hair; spec. a white person's hair; cf. moss n.1 8d.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > of good texture
righteous moss1926
1926 Z. N. Hurston Muttsy in Opportunity Aug. 248/2 ‘Dat baby sho got some righteous moss on her keg.’.. He made a lengthy gesture with his arms as if combing out long, silky hair.
1963 T. Pynchon V. x. 281 ‘She's up there’ Matilda said, with a smile for everybody, even musicians with a headful of righteous moss, who were making money and drove sports cars.
1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 97 Righteous Moss, white folks' hair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

righteousv.

Brit. /ˈrʌɪtʃəs/, U.S. /ˈraɪtʃəs/
Forms: Old English rihtwisian, early Middle English rihtwise, Middle English rightwise, Middle English rightwished (past participle, perhaps transmission error), Middle English riȝtwisse, Middle English rihtwisehed (past participle, perhaps transmission error), Middle English rithwise, 1500s rightuouzd (past tense), 1500s rightwyse (in print of lost Middle English MS), 1500s ryghtous, 1800s– righteous.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: righteous adj.; English gerihtwīsian.
Etymology: < righteous adj. In early use probably also partly aphetic < Old English gerihtwīsian (see note below). In early use frequently rendering post-classical Latin iustificare justify v. With the later use compare righteousing n., righteouser n., unrighteous v..In Old English the prefixed form gerihtwīsian (compare y- prefix) is much more frequent than the simplex verb. It is likely that the Middle English forms partly show aphetic reflexes of the prefixed verb (compare especially quot. c1175). The apparent variants rightwished, rihtwisehed (see quot. a1400) perhaps show substitution of or confusion with righteoushead n.
transitive. To make righteous or right; spec. (now only) = justify v. 1.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)]
righteousOE
betell1048
justify?a1500
honest1598
warrant1671
righta1691
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxvi. 236 Ge rihtwisiað [L. iustificatis] eow ætforan mannum, and god cann eowere heortan.
lOE Canterbury Psalter lxxii. 13 Et dixi ergo sine causa iustificavi cor meum : & ic cweð soðlice butan intingæn ic rihtwisode hiorte mine.
c1175 ( in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 42 For þam þe þeo andetnes þe hælæð, & þeo andetnysse þe rihtwisæð [OE Vercelli gerihtwisað].
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 123 Sie ðu þine unrihtwisnesses, ȝif ðu wilt bien irihtwised.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xviii. 10 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 151 (MED) Domes of lauerd soth er ai, And rightwished [a1400 Harl. Rithwised; a1400 Egerton Rihtwisehed; L. iustificata] in þar-selfe er þai.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxi. §6 He calles me, he rightwises me and glorifies me.
1532 Usk's Test. Loue (Skeat) 35/35 I shal sustayne my ladyes wrathe which I have deserved, so longe as my Margarite hath rightwysed my cause.
1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Hvj v Canne we meryte grace with synne? or deserue to be ryghtoused by folye?
1875 Congregational Q. Jan. 44 Justifying a sinner is righting or righteousing him by bringing him to a penitent self-consecration to the person and service of Jesus.
1983 E. P. Sanders Paul, Law, & Jewish People i. 22 The character of the terminological argument in favor of Gentiles being righteoused by faith, which is based on prooftexts.
2006 D. H. Knight Eschatol. Econ. iv. 129 The cross was the act by which..Jesus righteoused himself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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