honeste

Esperanto

Etymology

honesta (“honest”) +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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Adverb

honeste

1. honestly

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) honeste

1. vocative masculine singular of honestus

References

• “honeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “honeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• honeste in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• honeste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus.

Alternative forms

• honest, onest, oneste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈnɛst(ə)/, /ˈɔnɛst(ə)/

Adjective

honeste (plural and weak singular honeste, comparative honestere)

1. honourable, noble; of high regard
2. appropriate, suitable:
   1. decent, meet
   2. righteous, moral, ethical
3. fine, good (of superior quality):
   1. magnificent, splendid
   2. gorgeous, attractive
4. (rare) pure, chaste
5. (rare) honest, truthful

Related terms

• dishoneste
• honestly
• unhoneste

Descendants

• English: honest
• Scots: honest

References

• “honest(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French honeste, honestete, oneste, from Latin honestās, honestātem; equivalent to honeste (“good”) +‎ -te.

Alternative forms

• honestee, honestete, honestetee, honestie, honesty, honestyte, oneste, onestete, onestetee, onesty

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈnɛsteː/, /ˈɔnɛsteː/, /-stiteː/

Noun

honeste (uncountable)

1. respect, decency, honour:
   1. integrity, virtue
   2. propriety, seemliness, respectableness
2. respectability (honourable position or status)
3. veneration, recognition
4. beauty, elegance, taste
5. chastity, virginity

Descendants

• English: honesty
• Scots: honesty

References

• “honestẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “honestetẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• honneste

Etymology

Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus

Adjective

honeste m or f (plural honestes)

1. honest
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     De l’utile et de l’honeste

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• French: honête

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Old French

Alternative forms

• oneste

Etymology

Latin honestus

Adjective

honeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular honeste)

1. honest

Related terms

• honestement
• honesté

Descendants

• Middle French: honeste, honneste
  • French: honnête
• → Middle English: honeste, honest, onest, oneste
  • English: honest
  • Scots: honest

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Spanish

Verb

honeste

1. inflection of honestar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative