honorandus

Honorandus is a term derived from Latin, used in grammatical and philological contexts to denote something that must be or should be honored. The word is the masculine singular nominative future passive participle (the gerundive) of honōrāre, with related forms honoranda (feminine) and honorandum (neuter) for different genders and numbers. In Latin usage, honorandus functions as an adjective describing nouns or as a substantive phrase such as res honoranda (things to be honored) or aliquid honorandum (something to be honored). The sense conveyed is normative, indicating obligation or worthy status rather than immediate action.

In English-language discussions, honorandus is rarely used outside demonstrations of Latin grammar or as a coined term. Some writers and worldbuilders have adopted honorandus as a philosophical or fictional concept to designate a status, duty, or ideal associated with honor, often within speculative ethics or social theory. In such uses, the term may denote a category of actions, persons, or institutions deemed worthy of public recognition or esteem, or a parameter in normative models of honor systems.

See also: honor, Latin gerundive, honōrāre, lexical derivations. See also related terms like honorific and ethical virtue frameworks.

The term is mostly of interest to linguists, historians of language, and creators of fiction or thought experiments; it has no standard definition in contemporary English outside those domains.