rectitudinous

rectitudinous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

rectitudinous (comparative more rectitudinous, superlative most rectitudinous)

  1. righteous or correct or upright
    • 2008 December 30, Libby Brooks, “Let heroes be unsung”, in The Guardian:
      Our common room, thanks to a morally rectitudinous constitutional change some time previously, was known as the Nelson Mandela Room.
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