honorific in English
- honorific⇄adj. 1. doing or giving honor; imparting honor or respect.
2. showing respect or deference.
Ex. The [Arabic] epithet Abu, father, is honorific (Maurice B. Keatinge). - honorific⇄adv. honorifically.
- honorific⇄honorific, adjective, noun.
- honorific⇄noun an honorific phrase or word.
Ex. But among his followers Hadji Sahib is enough, even though ""Sahib"" is merely a general honorific in these parts (New Yorker).