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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
/ ˌɒ²Ôəˈ°ùɪ´Úɪ°ì /
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
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³ó´Ç²Ô´Ç°ùˈ¾±´Ú¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó´Ç²Ô·´Ç°ù·¾±´Ú·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of honorific1
Example Sentences
The commander-in-chief gave himself one more honorific while gloating over the potential end of New York City's congestion pricing: king.
But Thelma turned out to be a boy, so they opted for the honorific.
She lost her honorific “Her Royal Highness†title in 2002 so as to be allowed to start her own business.
On the Zoom screen, his name is “Director Park,†using the title as an honorific, common in Korean culture.
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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