rectitudinous

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adjective

righteous or correct or upright

OriginLatin rēctitūdin- →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiverectitudinous (comparative more rectitudinous, superlative most rectitudinous)

comparative more rectitudinous · superlative most rectitudinous

  1. righteous or correct or upright

    Our common room, thanks to a morally rectitudinous constitutional change some time previously, was known as the Nelson Mandela Room.

    2008 December 30, Libby Brooks, “Let heroes be unsung”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Latinrēctitūdō
  2. Latinrēctitūdin-
  3. Englishrectitudinous

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

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Anagrams

certitudinous
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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