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meritious

meritious adjective: having merit.

Adjective

meritious (not comparable)

  1. Having merit.
    • Yet God forbid, we should with Ribera attribute this reward, to any meritorious worke: seeing a far other meritious cause thereof is noted unto us ver. 14. & 17.1644, Elias Arnold, translation of David Pareus, A Commentary Upon the Divine Revelation of the Apostle and Evangelist John, p. 146
    Synonyms:
    meritorious

Synonyms of meritious

Origin of meritious

From merit + -ious.

Questions about meritious

What does meritious mean?
Meritious means having merit.
What part of speech is meritious?
Meritious is an adjective.

Words near meritious in the dictionary

  1. merithal
  2. merithalli
  3. merithallus
  4. merithals
  5. meriting
  6. meritious
  7. meritless
  8. meritlessly
  9. meritlessness
  10. meritmonger
  11. meritmongers

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