English
Etymology
From Old (and modern) French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- + dignus �worthy�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /k�n'd�ɪn/
Adjective
en-adj
- rare fitting|Fitting, appropriate, especially denoting punishment
Quotations
Late 1500's:<br/>
:Unless it were a bloody murderer, <br/>
:Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers, <br/>
:I never gave them condign punishment: <br/>
— William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part ii, Act 3, Scene 1
1885:<br/>
Pooh-bah<br/>
:And so,<br/>
:Although<br/>
:I wish to go,<br/>
:And greatly pine<br/>
:To brightly shine,<br/>
:And take the line<br/>
:Of a hero fine,<br/>
:With grief condign<br/>
:I must decline --<br/>
— William Schwenk Gilbert, The Mikado, Act I
1962:
For a Christian, no Beyond is acceptable or imaginable without the participation of God in our eternal destiny, and this in turn implies a condign punishment for every sin, great and small.
�Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
2004: <nowiki>[A]</nowiki>n undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference<nowiki>[.]</nowiki> — By George F. Will, Voters' Obligations in The Washington Post, October 21, 2004.
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