integrous
English
Etymology
Integr- (the root of integr(ity)) + -ous (adjectival suffix: “full of, characterised by, possessing”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəs/
Adjective
integrous (comparative more integrous, superlative most integrous)
- (rare) Having or characterized by integrity.
- 1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The Life of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury, page 435 (Macmillan)
- No doubt hard, no doubt proud, unpleasant in self-esteem, and singularly blind to much of what was going on, and yet such a high-minded and integrous woman, […]
- 1968, Joseph Frank, Hobbled Pegasus: A Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660, page 221 (University of New Mexico Press)
- And Smiths of Policie shall invent,
- To cast new Molds of Government;
- While vulgar Birds, of weakest wing,
- Grow stout against the Eagle King,
- Whose just integrous heart shall prove
- The Adamant of Subjects love.
- And Smiths of Policie shall invent,
- 2007, Tanya Levin, People in Glass Houses: An Insider’s Story of a Life in and Out of Hillsong, pages 266–267 (Black Inc.; →ISBN, 978-1863954143)
- He concluded by writing that ‘Hillsong is the most integrous church in the country, and its leadership is above reproach’.
- 1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The Life of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury, page 435 (Macmillan)
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