meritorious

English

Etymology

From Middle English meritorious, borrowed between 1375 and 1425 from Latin meritōrius (“earning money”), from meritus, past participle of mereō (“to earn”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/, /ˌmɛɹɪˈtoʊɹi.əs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪ.əs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs

Adjective

meritorious (comparative more meritorious, superlative most meritorious)

1. Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.

   The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

Synonyms

• meedful
• meritious

Antonyms

• immeritorious

Derived terms

• meritoriously
• meritorious mast
• meritoriousness

 

Translations

deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Breton: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: похвален (bg) (pohvalen), заслужен (bg) (zaslužen) Catalan: meritori Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: verdienstelijk (nl) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ansiokas (fi) French: méritoire (fr), louable (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: verdienstvoll (de) Hungarian: érdemes (hu), érdemdús (hu), dicséretes (hu) Italian: meritorio (it) Malayalam: അർഹതയുള്ള (aṟhatayuḷḷa) Polish: chwalebny (pl) Portuguese: meritório (pt) Russian: похва́льный (ru) (poxválʹnyj), заслу́живающий (ru) (zaslúživajuščij) награ́ды (ru) f (nagrády) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: meritorio (es) m, loable (es), laudable (es), encomiable (es), elogiable (es), ensalzable, benemérito (es) m, plausible (es) Swedish: förtjänstfull (sv) Tagalog: tampat Welsh: haeddiannol (cy), teilwng (cy)

References

1. "Meritorious" at Dictionary.com