duteous
English
WOTD – 17 June 2009
Pronunciation
Adjective
duteous (comparative more duteous, superlative most duteous)
- (archaic) dutiful
- a duteous son
- (archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
- I know thee well. A ſeruiceable Villaine,
As duteous to the vices of thy Miſtris,
As badneſſe would deſire.
- I know thee well. A ſeruiceable Villaine,
- 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Heart of the Night, lines 10-14
- O Lord, the awful Lord of will! though late,
- Even yet renew this soul with duteous breath:
- That when the peace is garnered in from strife,
- The work retrieved, the will regenerate,
- This soul may see thy face, O Lord of death!
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
Translations
obsequious; submissively obedient
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References
- The Oxford English Dictionary
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