integritous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From integrity +‎ -ous.

Adjective[edit]

integritous (comparative more integritous, superlative most integritous)

  1. Having integrity; trustworthy, honourable.
    • 1936, Ernest Bramah, The Kai Lung Omnibus, page 599:
      “If I am in a position to intercept him there he will return the message to my hand; if not, he will straightway bear it to the integritous K'o-vih.”
    • 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Flamingo 1993 edition, page 602:
      Rita then went home with this consolingly integritous man to his flat, where she soon found herself altogether at sea.