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honorific
[ on-uh-rif-ik ]
adjective
- Also honorifical. doing or conferring honor.
- conveying honor, as a title or a grammatical form used in speaking to or about a superior, elder, etc.
noun
- (in certain languages, as Chinese and Japanese) a class of forms used to show respect, especially in direct address.
- a title or term of respect.
honorific
/ ˌɒəˈɪɪ /
adjective
- showing or conferring honour or respect
- (of a pronoun, verb inflection, etc) indicating the speaker's respect for the addressee or his acknowledgment of inferior status
- ( as noun )
a Japanese honorific
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Derived Forms
- ˌDzԴǰˈھ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ǰ···· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of honorific1
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The commander-in-chief gave himself one more honorific while gloating over the potential end of New York City's congestion pricing: king.
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But Thelma turned out to be a boy, so they opted for the honorific.
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She lost her honorific “Her Royal Highness” title in 2002 so as to be allowed to start her own business.
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On the Zoom screen, his name is “Director Park,” using the title as an honorific, common in Korean culture.
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Howell earned a total of $7,500 for his work on the job, and the honorific of Arizona’s founding document being named “the Howell Code,” according to Wagoner’s book.
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