honourific

H4O1N1O1U1R1I1F4I1C3

A form of honorific — A person's title, such as "Mrs" or "Doctor".

Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivehonourific (comparative more honourific, superlative most honourific)

comparative more honourific · superlative most honourific

  1. nonstandardNonstandard spelling of honorific.
nounhonourific (plural honourifics)

plural honourifics

  1. nonstandardNonstandard spelling of honorific.

Origin

From honour + -ific.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

honourific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honourific

MLA

“honourific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honourific. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “honourific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honourific.

Source: honourific on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.