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
16 September 2024
(noun) accommodation to domestic life; “her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
