Honourable

Origin

From Old French honorable

Full definition of honourable

Adjective

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable
• 1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

Derived terms

• honourably