"honourific" meaning in English

See honourific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more honourific [comparative], most honourific [superlative]
Etymology: honour + -ific Etymology templates: {{suf|en|honour|ific}} honour + -ific Head templates: {{en-adj}} honourific (comparative more honourific, superlative most honourific)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of honorific. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: honorific
    Sense id: en-honourific-en-adj-Oy3VBkgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ific Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ific: 49 51

Noun

Forms: honourifics [plural]
Etymology: honour + -ific Etymology templates: {{suf|en|honour|ific}} honour + -ific Head templates: {{en-noun}} honourific (plural honourifics)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of honorific. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: honorific
    Sense id: en-honourific-en-noun-Oy3VBkgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ific Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ific: 49 51

Inflected forms

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