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  • adjective Rare spelling of honorous.

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honour +‎ -ous

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Examples

  • Do you think his 'cause' will grow, and effect society; or will this just be a case of a family left to mourn an honourous father?

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

  • Once an urban growth boundary has been drawn that competition is heavily restricted and nobody can develop outside the boundary so then cities begin to say as long as people can't go anywhere else, we might as well impose all kinds of restrictions and they develop an honourous permitting process that can take years to get a permit to put in a small subdivision.

    Realty Times Real Estate News Channel 2009

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