[ˈrʌɪtʃəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- morally right or justifiable
(e.g: feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions)

- very good; excellent
(e.g: righteous eggs, man!)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English rihtwīs, from riht ‘right’ + wīs ‘manner, state, condition’. The change in the ending in the 16th century was due to association with words such as bounteous