droict
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Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French droit, dreit, from Latin d(i)rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reg-, whence also English right. The -c- was added back to reflect the Latin etymology.
Noun[edit]
droict m (plural droicts or droictz)
- right (entitlement)
Adjective[edit]
droict m (feminine singular droicte, masculine plural droicts, feminine plural droictes)
- right; just; moral
- right (on the right-hand side)
- right; correct; real; genuine
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 37:
- le chevalier les assist en droit ordre
- the knight put them in the right order
- straight; direct (of a route, etc.)
Adverb[edit]
droict
- right (directly at, directly towards)
- 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:
- C'est (respondit Carpalim) droict visé a ma visiere.
- It's (Carpalim replied) aimed right at my visor
Descendants[edit]
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