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rectitudinous

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rec⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nous

  [rek-ti-tood-n-uhs, -tyood-]
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–adjective
1. characterized by or given to rectitude.
2. virtuously self-righteous; pious.
Origin:
1895–1900; < LL rectitūdin- (s. of rectitūdō rectitude ) + -ous

Related forms:
rec⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
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rec·ti·tude   (rěk'tĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  

  1. Moral uprightness; righteousness.

  2. The quality or condition of being correct in judgment.

  3. The quality of being straight.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rēctitūdō, from Latin rēctus, straight; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
rec'ti·tu'di·nous adj.
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