Definition of Righto

1. Interjection. (context: colloquial chiefly British) okay ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Righto

1. used to express cheerful consent [interj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Righto

righties
righting
righting reflexes
rightings
rightio
rightish
rightism
rightisms
rightist
rightists
rightless
rightly
rightmost
rightness
rightnesses
righto (current term)
rightos
rights
rights-of-way
rights issue
rights of entry
rights of reentry
rights of way
rights offering
rightsholder
rightsholders
rightsize
rightsized
rightsizes
rightsizing

Literary usage of Righto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The one distinction drawn is that between freeman and villain, and even the villain has righto which the Charter protects. It ordains nothing new, ..."

2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... How Stephen archbishop of Canterbury demanded tlie righto of the charter from the king. AD 1223. At Christmas king Henry held his ..."

3. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter (1827)
"... our friend's righto are too undisputed for that : and all I should dread by a premature discovery of his being in Scotland, would be secret machinations ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Water Rights as the Same is Formulated and Applied by John Norton Pomeroy, Henry Campbell Black (1893)
"LITTORAL righto [By the Editor] 8 238. "Tide-lands" defined. 284. Meaning of the terms "shore" and "beach. " 285. High and low water mark. 236. ..."

5. A Summary of the Law of Public Corporations by Howard Strickland Abbott (1908)
"... AM) righto. § 378. Public officers ; their powers and authority. The source of official power as possessed by public officers and employes must be found ..."

6. Cases Decided on the British North America Act 1867, in the Privy Council by John Robison Cartwright, Canada Supreme Court (1882)
"In fact, the words "in the Province," following the enumeration of the powers given over civil righto, and the organization of ..."

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