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» pink101 - The Suffix, -ous

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http://www.answers.com/topic/ous-1
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There are many more just in case you can't figure out what -ous means at the end of the word, Right.
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I'm here to help you get across the street, Wendall. Don't let the traffic bother you one bit.

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» _Boanerges_ - rightouesness

In response to The Suffix, -ous posted by pink101:

1. characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
2. morally right or justifiable: righteous indignation.
3. acting in an upright, moral way; virtuous: a righteous and godly person.
4. Slang. absolutely genuine or wonderful: some righteous playing by a jazz great.
-noun
5. the righteous, (used with a plural verb) righteous persons collectively.
[Origin: bef. 900; earlier rightwos, rightwis (remodeled with -ous), ME; OE rihtwis. See right, wise2]

-Related forms
right·eous·ly, adverb

-Synonyms 3. good, honest, fair, right.
-Antonyms 3. evil, wicked.
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right·eous (ri'ch?s) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Morally upright; without guilt or sin: a righteous parishioner.
2. In accordance with virtue or morality: a righteous judgment.
3. Morally justifiable: righteous anger. See Synonyms at moral.

n. Righteous people considered as a group.

[Middle English ryghtuous, alteration of rihtwise, from Old English rihtwis : riht, right; see right + -wise, -wise.]

right'eous·ly adv., right'eous·ness n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
righteous
early 16c. alteration of rightwise, from O.E. rihtwis, from riht (see right) + wis "wise, way, manner." Suffix altered by influence of courteous, etc. Meaning "genuine, excellent" is c.1900 in jazz slang.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source
righteous

adjective
1. characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16 [ant: unrighteous]
2. morally justified; "righteous indignation"

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» _Boanerges_ - rightwos

Main Entry: righ·teous
Pronunciation: primarystressrimacr-chschwas
Function: adjective
Etymology: alteration of earlier rightuous, alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos, from Old English rihtwimacrs, from riht, noun, right + wimacrs wise
1 : acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
2 a : morally right or justifiable (a righteous decision) b : arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality (righteous indignation)
3 slang : GENUINE, EXCELLENT
synonym see MORAL
- righ·teous·ly adverb
- righ·teous·ness noun

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» pink101 - I Liked This One

In response to rightwos posted by _Boanerges_:

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I liked this one, Wendell:
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1 : acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
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I think it makes the point of what it means to be filled with rights.
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Americans are free from guilt of breaking the law when they are acting according to the rights with which they are filled.
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It all depends on the way we look at the idea of what it means to be acting within ones rights--standing on their righteousness.
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And, of course, where one puts their emphasis.
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-- posted by pink101

» _Boanerges_ - I Liked This One

In response to I Liked This One posted by pink101:

I think it makes the point of what it means to be filled with rights.

sorry...but the definition for righteousness cannot be found, as given by you, either in the secular, or the religious definitions.. It is only found in your mind....

-- posted by _Boanerges_

» pink101 - I Liked This One

In response to I Liked This One posted by _Boanerges_:

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Wendell jumps up and down yelling, "...but the definition for righteousness cannot be found..."
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Maybe not; but, the suffix for -ous and -ness are there in to be seen by everyone with eyes.
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Sorry, Wendell, "9, 10, yer out."
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-- posted by pink101

» _Boanerges_ - sorry Phil

In response to I Liked This One posted by pink101:
Maybe not; but, the suffix for -ous and -ness are there in to be seen by everyone with eyes.

the suffix Phil, has no bearing.. the Etymology of the word [ righteousness ] has noting to do with a suffix.....
repeating above message:

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Main Entry: righ·teous
Function: adjective
Etymology: alteration of earlier rightuous, alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos, from Old English rihtwimacrs, from riht, noun, right + wimacrs wise
1 : acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
2 a : morally right or justifiable (a righteous decision) b : arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality (righteous indignation)
3 slang : GENUINE, EXCELLENT
synonym see MORAL
- righ·teous·ly adverb
- righ·teous·ness noun
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Righteousness deals - not with rights - which is a civil/government issue, but with MORAL(s).. It about Ethics and Morality.. not law and government....

-- posted by _Boanerges_

» pink101 - sorry Phil

In response to sorry Phil posted by _Boanerges_:
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lol
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Self Righteous=full of rights one gives oneself.
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Self Righteousness=in a state of having filled oneself up with rights one has given oneself.
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» pink101 - Further More

In response to sorry Phil posted by pink101:

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Self-Righteousness=a state of being full of rights one gives oneself.
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And, further more, acting like it.
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So, the idea of righteousness gets to be confused as to if a person acts like they are filled with rights or if they are, in fact, filled with rights.
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Perhaps the word, righteously, gives us some insight into how a person behaves.
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So we can consider:
1. Right - an authority as in something one possesses
2. Righteous - to be filled with rights
3. Righteousness - to be in a state in which one is filled with rights
4. Righteously - to behave as though one is filled with rights
5. Rightful - same as righteous

These words can be used as stand alone nouns or as adjectives.
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Example, "He was rightful of him to make his claim." "It was his righteousness that allowed him to win his case." "He, righteously, claimed he owned the property."
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Another word of interest is the derivation, upright. We can speak of being uprighteous which gives the impression that one is standing erect on their possessions. A right being a possession of property. Free Speech is a property on possesses.
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Any of us can go on and fleshing out the ideas surrounding what it means to have a right, a set of rights, or to behave in a way that earns one any rights.
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The example given by most main line Christians appears to say that one earns the title as a righteous person according to their behavior. Actually, that seems to be the antithesis to the idea of what it means to be righteous.
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God's Righteousness appears to be that with which one is endowed in their natural state--the inalienable rights.
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-- posted by pink101

» pink101 - ERATA

In response to Further More posted by pink101:
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Free Speech is a Right ONE possesses.
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Americans righteously are able to stand uprightly in their Amendments to their Constitution.
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-- posted by pink101