righteous
adjEtymology
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.
Definitions
Free from sin or guilt.
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
- Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.
Justified morally.
- righteous indignation
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Awesome
Awesome; great.
- The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
- He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
- Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.
Major
Major; large; significant.
- He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore.
To make righteous
To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
- Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.
The neighborhood
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for righteous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA