Unscramble

r 1 e 1 d 2 o 1 u 1 b 3 t 1 a 1 b 3 l 1 e 1

11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective inspiring fear; ; - G.H.Johnston

adjective worthy of respect or honor

originThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English redoutable (“worthy of honour, venerable; frightening, terrible”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman redoutable and Middle French redoutable, redoubtable, from Old French redotable (modern French redoutable), from redoter (“to fear”) (whence Middle French redoubter, redouter, French redouter) + -able (suffix meaning ‘deserving of, worthy of’). Redoter is…

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