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† disˈkindness Obs.
[dis- 9.]
1. Unkindness, unfriendliness.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (1885) I. 92 Gif ony discorde or diskyndnes had fallin amang thame. 1709E. Ward tr. Cervantes 121 His Diskindness soon chang'd into a perfect Hatred. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 651 An effect of diskindness.
2. An unkind act, an ill turn: usually in phr. to do (a person) a diskindness. (Frequent in 18th c.)
1678Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 189 To do another man a diskindness merely because he has done me one, serves to no good Purpose. 1727W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 70 Remember to requite, at least to own Kindnesses, lest thy Ingratitude prove a considerable Diskindness. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 2 He that pulls down his neighbour's house does him a diskindness, however inconvenient soever it were. |