My 2p worth ...

Obviously since adjectival forms of integrity have been tried and found wanting, the language simply doesn't feel it needs the form. After all, we have serendipity (same final syllable) and serendipitous as an adjectival form, so integritous would seem to fit the word formation rule. But it's not used, and gawd knows, we're not behindhand in grabbing words where there's a need for them. Or even where there's not, for that matter.

So clearly it's neither needed nor wanted. And I'm not sure that anyone seeing integritous would necessarily understand what it means except, of course, if the meaning was as plain as the nose on your face from the context alone.

I don't recommend using it if you want your prose to have clarity.


The idiot also known as Capfka ...