candor

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See also: candôr

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin candor (brightness, whiteness), from candeō (I shine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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candor (usually uncountable, plural candors) (American spelling)

  1. (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity. [c. 1500–?]
    • 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "To his Booke":
      Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd,
      Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child []
  2. The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]
    Synonyms: frankness, honesty, sincerity, parrhesia
    Antonyms: deception, fraud, lie
  3. Impartiality.
    Synonyms: equity, fairness

Usage notes

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Sense 2 can be used as the abstract noun equivalent of candid, i.e. “the state of being candid”.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin candōrem. First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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candor m or f (plural candors)

  1. candor
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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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From candeō (to shine, glitter; glow) +‎ -or.

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Noun

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candor m (genitive candōris); third declension

  1. a dazzling or glossy whiteness; clearness, radiance, brightness
  2. fairness, beauty
  3. glow, heat
  4. (of speech) splendor, brilliance
  5. (of mind or character) frankness, openness, candor, purity

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative candor candōrēs
Genitive candōris candōrum
Dative candōrī candōribus
Accusative candōrem candōrēs
Ablative candōre candōribus
Vocative candor candōrēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • candor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • candor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • candor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • candor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin candor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kanˈdoɾ/ [kãn̪ˈd̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: can‧dor

Noun

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candor m (plural candores)

  1. candor

Derived terms

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Further reading

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