condign
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old (and modern) French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- + dignus ‘worthy’.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kənˈdʌɪn/
Adjective [edit]
condign (comparative more condign, superlative most condign)
- (rare) Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment
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Quotations [edit]
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.
