/
ˈrʌɪtʃəs/
adj.
- morally right or justifiable.
- US informal very good; excellent.
▸correctly so called; genuine:
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he is righteous trash.
Derivative
- righteously adv.
- righteousness n.
Etymology
OE rihtwīs, from riht ‘right’ + wīs ‘manner, state, condition’; the change in the ending was by assoc. with words such as bounteous.
