Talk:integrous

Is this word real?

Are we sure this is a real word? — This unsigned comment was added by 71.205.47.228 (talk) at 22:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC).

It’s verified now. Nota, however, that it is 10,000 times rarer than its nominal form, integrity. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 22:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Verified from where? It's not in any dictionary I have seen! 203.38.6.65 22:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary. This dictionary characterizes it as "Obs. rare" and defines it to mean "marked by integrity." It's first known use is dated 1657 in the phrase, "That an action be good, the cause ought to be integrous" (W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xx. 174)