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correctitude|kəˈrɛktɪtjuːd|
[f. correct a. + -itude, after rectitude.]
Correctness of conduct or behaviour (in quot. 1929, a ‘correct’ statement or expression).
1893Nat. Observer 13 May 650/2 The high correctitude of his youth. 1897Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 3/1 Dr. Jameson stepping in maintains order where disorder existed, and stepping in with the Colonial Secretary's orders, would have done so with perfect—if not ‘unctuous—correctitude’. 1906F. S. Oliver A. Hamilton 316 Jefferson was overflowing with kindness—a contrast to the calm correctitude of his chief. 1922G. A. Greenwood England To-Day ii. 72 The correctitude of attending eleven o'clock service. 1929W. S. Churchill Aftermath xix. 412 Lord Curzon..soused him in sonorous correctitudes. |