integrous

adj

integrous

adj

UK /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəs/

Etymology Integr- (the root of integr(ity)) + -ous (adjectival suffix: “full of, characterised by, possessing”).

1

Rare Having or characterized by integrity.

  • No doubt hard, no doubt proud, unpleasant in self-esteem, and singularly blind to much of what was going on, and yet such a high-minded and integrous woman, […]1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The Life of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury, Macmillan, page 435:
  • And Smiths of Policie shall invent, To cast new Molds of Government; While vulgar Birds, of weakest wing, Grow stout against the Eagle King, Whose just integrous heart shall prove The Adamant of Subjects love.1968, Joseph Frank, Hobbled Pegasus: A Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641-1660, University of New Mexico Press, page 221:
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  • He concluded by writing that ‘Hillsong is the most integrous church in the country, and its leadership is above reproach’.2007, Tanya Levin, People in Glass Houses: An Insider’s Story of a Life in and Out of Hillsong, Black Inc., →ISBN, pages 266–267, →ISBN:

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