rectitudinarian

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noun

A person who has a high standard of rectitude

OriginLatin rēctitūdin- →
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Meanings

nounrectitudinarian (plural rectitudinarians)

plural rectitudinarians

  1. A person who has a high standard of rectitude

    William Logan, a critical rectitudinarian, called Seidel a “name dropper” whose books trade in “jet-set tastes and upmarket sinning.”

    2009 April 12, Wyatt Mason, “Laureate of the Louche”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Latinrēctitūdō
  2. Latinrēctitūdin-
  3. Englishrectitudinarian

From Latin rēctitūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin rēctitūdō, from rēctus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, rectitude + -arian.

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

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Chicago

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