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Webster 1913 Edition
Duteous
1.
Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient;
as, a
. duteous
son or daughter2.
Subservient; obsequious.
– Du′te-ous-ly
, adv.
Du′te-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Duteous
DUTEOUS
,Adj.
1.
Performing that which is due, or that which law, justice or propriety requires; obedient; respectful to those who have natural or legal authority to require service or duty; as a duteous child or subject.2.
Obedient; obsequious; in a good or bad sense.Duteous to the vices of thy mistress.
3.
Enjoined by duty, or by the relation of one to another; as duteous ties. [Little used.]Definition 2025
duteous
duteous
English
Adjective
duteous (comparative more duteous, superlative most duteous)
- (archaic) dutiful
- a duteous son
- (archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
- I know thee well. A ſeruiceable Villaine,
As duteous to the vices of thy Miſtris,
As badneſſe would deſire.
- I know thee well. A ſeruiceable Villaine,
- 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Heart of the Night, lines 10-14
- O Lord, the awful Lord of will! though late,
- Even yet renew this soul with duteous breath:
- That when the peace is garnered in from strife,
- The work retrieved, the will regenerate,
- This soul may see thy face, O Lord of death!
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
Related terms
Translations
obsequious; submissively obedient
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References
- The Oxford English Dictionary