Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - redoubtable
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Redoubtable
redoubtable
adjective Etymology: Middle English redoutable, from Anglo-French, from reduter to dread, from re- + duter to doubt Date: 15th century 1. causing fear or alarm ; formidable 2. illustrious, eminent; broadly worthy of respect • redoubtably adverb
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1.
adj. formidable, esp. as an opponent. Derivatives redoubtably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF redoutable f. redouter fear (as RE-, DOUBT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. грозный, устрашающий (часто ирон.) 2. уст. ам. внушающий уважение или восхищение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
If you describe someone as redoubtable, you respect them because they have a very strong character, even though you are slightly afraid of them. He is a redoubtable fighter. = formidable ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj literary someone who is redoubtable is a person you respect or fear (He was not looking forward to facing the redoubtable Mrs Macclesfield.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1380, from O.Fr. redoutable, from redouter "to dread," from re-, intensive prefix + douter "be afraid of" (see doubt). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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