idoneous

American  

[ahy-doh-nee-uhs] / aɪˈdoʊ ni əs /

adjective

Rare.

1. appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.

   If you do not know the true, you will seek instead the idoneous.

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Other Word Forms

• idoneity noun
• idoneousness noun

Etymology

Origin of idoneous

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin idōneus; see -ous

Example Sentences

And Arminius' drastic method of questioning and arguing became the idoneous vehicle for Arnold's criticisms on such topics as our Foreign Policy, Compulsory Education, the Press, and the Deceased Wife's Sister.

From Matthew Arnold by Russell, George William Erskine