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rectitudinarian

rectitudinarian noun: a person who has a high standard of rectitude.

Noun

rectitudinarian (plural rectitudinarians)

  1. A person who has a high standard of rectitude
    • William Logan, a critical rectitudinarian, called Seidel a “name dropper” whose books trade in “jet-set tastes and upmarket sinning.”2009 April 12, Wyatt Mason, “Laureate of the Louche”, in New York Times

Forms of rectitudinarian

pluralrectitudinarians

Origin of rectitudinarian

From Latin rēctitūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin rēctitūdō, from rēctus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, rectitude + -arian.

Questions about rectitudinarian

What does rectitudinarian mean?
Rectitudinarian means a person who has a high standard of rectitude.
What part of speech is rectitudinarian?
Rectitudinarian is a noun.
What is the plural of rectitudinarian?
The plural of rectitudinarian is rectitudinarians.

Words near rectitudinarian in the dictionary

  1. rectiserial
  2. rectitis
  3. rectitude
  4. rectitudes
  5. rectitudinal
  6. rectitudinarian
  7. rectitudinarians
  8. rectitudinous
  9. recto
  10. recto-
  11. rectoabdominal

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