honesty
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 诚实，公正，正直
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English honeste (“honour, integrity”), from Old French honesté (compare modern French honnêteté). By surface analysis, honest + -y. Displaced native Old English sōþfæstnes and non-native Middle English prodonomee, from Old French prodomie. The plant is named so after the visibility of the seeds through the translucent pods.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
- (uncountable, countable, obsolete) Honor; decency, propriety.
- (uncountable, countable, obsolete) Chastity.
- (countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).
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