redoubtable

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French).

Pronunciation

Adjective

redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)

  1. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
    The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.
    • 1941 September, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part V”, in Railway Magazine, page 396:
      This new batch was sent to Leicester shed, and the redoubtable enginemen who had made such a reputation for themselves with the ex-G.C.R. Atlantics took to the "B17s" immediately, although, of course, they required quite different driving methods; .
    • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
      Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!
  2. (obsolete) Valiant.

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French

Adjective

redoubtable (plural redoubtables)

  1. archaic spelling of redoutable

Middle French

Adjective

redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)

  1. fearsome

Descendants

  • French: redoutable
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