honorific
(adjective) conferring or showing honor or respect; “honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession”
honorific
(noun) an expression of respect; “the Japanese use many honorifics”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
honorific (plural honorifics)
A title. (e.g, Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
A term of respect; respectful language.
(linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.
honorific (comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific)
Showing or conferring honour and respect.
Based on or valuing honor
• derogatory
Source: Wiktionary
Hon`or*if"ic, a. Etym: [See Honor, -fy, and -ic.]
Definition: Conferring honor; tending to honor. London. Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
