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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

idoneous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin idōneus.

Meanings

  1. appropriate; suitable
    • Hobbes tries to follow an 'idoneous principle of tractation' in moral philosophy, by beginning with an account of human nature and human motives. 2008, Terence Irwin, The Development of Ethics: Volume 2: From Suarez to Rousseau:

Forms

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more idoneous Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most idoneous Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

idoneousness · idoneity