condign

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old (and modern) French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- + dignus ‘worthy’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kən'dʌɪn/

[edit] Adjective

condign (comparative more condign, superlative most condign)

1. (rare) Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: заслужен (за наказание)

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Late 1500's:

Unless it were a bloody murderer,

Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers,

I never gave them condign punishment:

— William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part ii, Act 3, Scene 1

1885:
Pooh-bah

And so,

Although

I wish to go,

And greatly pine

To brightly shine,

And take the line

Of a hero fine,

With grief condign

I must decline --

— William Schwenk Gilbert, The Mikado, Act I

1962: For a Christian, no Beyond is acceptable or imaginable without the participation of God in our eternal destiny, and this in turn implies a condign punishment for every sin, great and small. —Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

2004: [A]n undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference[.] — By George F. Will, Voters' Obligations in The Washington Post, October 21, 2004.