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dishonest

/dɪˈsɒnəst/dih-SO-nuhst
/dɪˈsɑnəst/dih-SAH-nuhst

Meaningwithout honour

Common meaning: not truthful

‘apart, away’ + ‘respect paid’ → dishonest

Journey through time

  1. Latinhonor (honōs), -ōris‘respect paid’
  2. Frenchdeshonneste
  3. Englishdishonest‘not truthful’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

hon also in: honourhonorary

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin honor (honōs) ‘respect paid; a public office’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry honor (honōs), p. 861 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

honoraryhonour

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