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    [Adjective]  | "righ*teous" | \ ˈrī-chəs \


    1: acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin

    2: morally right or justifiable

    3: arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Alteration of earlier rightuous, alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos, from Old English rihtwīs, from riht, noun, right + wīs wise;

    [Adjective]  | "self-righ*teous" | \ ˌself-ˈrī-chəs \


    1: convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic

    Origin: circa 1680 ;

    [Adjective]  | "righteous" 


    1: conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue;


      * e.g., " ... a righteous man can be trusted to act honorably regardless of the circumstances "




    2: following the accepted rules of moral conduct;


      * e.g., " ... righteous behavior is its own reward "




    3: of the very best kind;


      * e.g., " ... a nightspot that's a dependable venue for righteous jazz "




    [Adjective]  | "self-righteous" 


    1: having or showing a strong belief that your own actions, opinions, etc., are right and other people's are wrong;


      * e.g., " ... a self-righteous tone "




     [ "righteous" ]

    1: Containing the best possible attributable qualities.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh, man, that lasagna was righteous! 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: A state of extreme perfection bordering on divinity that bestows moral authority upon the subject.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, did you see Chuck Norris kick all those guys in the head ? That was righteous! 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: Awesome, amazing, cool, exciting, etc. Often associated with surfers.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude! That wave was righteous, man. That so totally rocked. 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: Amazingly amazing.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, that is fucking righteous!" 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: The ultimate of anything, especially sins of pleasure like lust, gulttony & greed. This is in opposition to the webster meaning: Characterized by uprightness or morality. The religious link is the righeous naughtiness is the God created ultimate of said naughtiness.

      * e.g.,  ...  Sex: Righteous ass. I wana %^({ it 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: Able to preform a certain action or purpose well.

      * e.g.,  ...  This cup holds a righteous two beers. 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: Cool; okay. In the same way that people use "cool" when they really mean "okay," people (mostly African American) said "righteous" in the late 70's and early 80's. It was then picked up by the white mainstream and quickly became part of Valley Girl lingo.

      * e.g.,  ... "You wanna go to the store?" 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: worthy of my time

      * e.g.,  ... The model over there is righteous, but I'm not sure about this fabric one. 

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: an awesome term used by awesome badass ppl...sometimes sarcastic but always pretty funny...sumtimes randomly yelled out as a joke

      * e.g.,  ... mom-O look at these new clogs i got  

     [ "righteous" ]

    1: "Ole Skool" biker slang for a chopper with all the right stuff like a pyschadelic kandy paint job, upswept exhaust pipes, and a sissy bar at least 36" tall.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, Messy Marvin, your scooter is one righteous chopper" 

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