honorific
(in certain languages, as Chinese and Japanese) a class of forms used to show respect, especially in direct address.
a title or term of respect.
Origin of honorific
1Other words from honorific
- hon·or·if·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby honorific
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How to use honorific in a sentence
The policy also suggests that gender in official records should be independent of the student’s honorific titles in the legal documents.
India’s first gender-neutral university garners praise | Ankush Kumar | April 4, 2022 | Washington BladeIt’s honorific, and when I received my knighthood from Her Majesty it was done in a very low-key manner in her private office, only three of us were in the room, myself, my wife and Her Majesty.
Colin Powell Reflects on His Mistakes in This Unpublished TIME Interview | Belinda Luscombe | October 19, 2021 | TimeThe meaning of this title may have been honorific, but it is also striking.
First Anglican Woman Bishop A Return to Christian Roots | Candida Moss | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe does not carry the honorific title HRH as she is descended through the female line.
Ab eo igitur tpore Patres nostros perhumaniter habuit, atque honorific in omnibus, mensque benign accepit.
"Yes, Sir William—Mr. Fred," the man replied, evidently somewhat doubtful as to whether he was right in using the honorific.
The Arbiter | Lady F. E. E. BellAbstention from labour is not only a honorific or meritorious act, but it presently comes to be a requisite of decency.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenThey are unprofitable servants, and there is an honorific implication for their master in their remaining unprofitable.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenIn order to completeness and full acceptability to the consumer it must also show the honorific element.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein Veblen
British Dictionary definitions for honorific
/ (ˌɒnəˈrɪfɪk) /
showing or conferring honour or respect
(of a pronoun, verb inflection, etc) indicating the speaker's respect for the addressee or his acknowledgment of inferior status
(as noun): a Japanese honorific
Derived forms of honorific
- honorifically, adverb
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