DUTY
ADJECTIVES
► MUNERAL relating to duty; official → 1606 obs.
► OFFICIAL relating to duty → 1588 obs.
NOUNS
► BESOIGNE duties, business, affair, ado → 1474 obs.
► BOUND a duty, an obligation → 1941 Amer. dial.
► DEBT one’s duty; that which one is bound or ought to do → c1450 Sc. obs.
► DEVER duty, best endeavour or try → B1900 Eng. dial.
► DUTIOLATRY the worship of duty → 1891
► OFFICIOUSNESS readiness in performing one’s duty, or discharging any function; eagerness to serve or please → 1598 obs.
► STAG a spell of duty → 1931 sl.
► WARD duty entrusted to one; office → 1338 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► OFFICIARIAN a person who makes duty the principle of ethics → 1865
VERBS
► DING to name for a duty or responsibility → 1984 UK military sl.
► GOLDBRICK to evade duty; to shirk → World War I Amer. sl.
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