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correctitude

[ kuh-rek-ti-tood, -tyood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

correctitude

/ kəˈrɛktɪˌtjuːd /

First recorded in 1890–95; blend of correct and rectitude

I had seen, for the first time in my life, a churchwarden in Somerset, a local cheesemonger of appalling correctitude.

Her correctitude was, no doubt, made still more correct by an unemotional disposition.

Unfortunately for her success, she had the correctitude to ask Lord Salisbury's permission.

The German sense of correctitude was deeply shocked by this outbreak.

Next there followed a few reflections of a correctitude so remarkable that I have no choice but to quote them.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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