adjective
well-deserved; fitting; adequate: condign punishment.
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| —adj | |
| (esp of a punishment) fitting; deserved | |
| [C15: from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from dignus worthy] | |
| con'dignly | |
| —adv | |
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Condign
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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condign
c.1470, "well-deserved," from Fr. condigne, from L. condignus "wholly worthy," from con- "together, altogether" + dignus "worthy" (see dignity). Of punishment, "deservedly severe," from 1510s, which by Johnson's day (1755) was the only use.
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