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disgracious, a.|dɪsˈgreɪʃəs|
Also 6–7 -tious.
[a. F. disgracieux (1518 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. dis- 4 + gracieux, perh. after It. disgrazioso ‘graceless, full of disgrace’, (Florio): cf. gracious.]
1. Ungracious, unfavourable, unkind. ? Obs.
1598J. Dickenson Greene in Conc. (1878) 144 Deigne rather to quicken them by a gracious regard, then to kill them by a disgratious repulse. 1603Breton Dign. or Ind. Men 207 What indignities are these to prove the disgratious Nature of Man? 1837New Monthly Mag. XLIX. 343 Any one of the disgracious cavillers.
†2. Out of favour; in disfavour; disliked. Obs.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, iii. vii. 112 I doe suspect I haue done some offence, That seemes disgracious in the Cities eye. Ibid. iv. iv. 177 If I be so disgracious in your eye, Let me march on, and not offend you, Madam. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xvi. (1632) 849 As for these causes he was in highest grace with the King, so hee was the more disgracious or hated of the people.
†3. Disgraceful, shameful. Obs.
1615Trades Incr. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 308 The lazy and disgracious merchandise of our coasters.
4. Without grace of manner; uncomely; unbecoming.
1870Morier Rep. Land Tenure in Parl. Papers CLXIII. 202, I heard general complaints..of their [the women's] disgracious attempts to follow the fashions. |