Direct, straightforward, or honest; also can mean positioned directly ahead or forward.
From 'fore-' (before, forward) + 'right' (from Old English 'riht,' straight). Originally meant 'straight ahead' before acquiring the moral sense of straightforward.
This archaic word shows how physical directions became moral qualities in English—something that goes 'straight ahead' became something that's 'straight up honest,' which is how we eventually got 'upright' as a virtue.
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