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The motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter, still used in the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: evil be to him who evil thinks, evil to him that evil thinks, shame be to him who thinks evil of it, shame to him who thinks ill of it
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Middle French honi soit qui mal y pense (literally “shamed be whoever thinks bad of it” or “shame be to him who thinks evil of it”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
