Condign

Condign:                      Deserved or suitable.

First encountered:        Suggested by John Waldron. A fellow writer and foraging blogger: http://jpwaldron.wordpress.com/

How it's used:              Often used in the context of crime and punishment. Hanging is a condign punishment for people who drop litter - especially MacDonalds boxes thrown out of car windows.

How you might use it:   After slogging away at work for 14 hours a couple of glasses of pink is a condign way to un-wind.

Another use entirely:       Check this out.  There ARE litttle green men. Well, there might be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Condign  and if you need further proof - actual condign evidence made into a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=docuUP7x3V8

Who started it:                Possibly the french, who believed heartily in condign punishment (especially around about 1789) and of course, the Romans.

And an extra:                Shoes condign for every occasion and every person from shopper to dog lover: http://jo-jo.ru/pictures/creative/18965-neobychnaya-obuv.html (also contains some slightly bizarre stuff - unlike the shoes, it may not be condign for everyone).