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unˈgraciousness
[un-1 12; cf. prec.]
†1. Gracelessness, reprobacy, wickedness. Obs.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 219 Yet trouble thou not by thy vngraciousnes Suche as are good and liue in righteousnes. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. Ep. Ded. 3 The verye welsprings of all error, hipocrisie, and ungraciousnes. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. xxiv. (1627) 268 Who cannot indure to see sluggishnesse or idlenesse in any, much lesse any ungraciousnesse. 1658T. Wall Charact. Enemies Ch. 34 Dost thou see a man,..in contempt of goodness, to be a graduate in ungraciousness. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 353 Can those Persons be surpris'd at the Ungraciousness of their Children?
†2. Unfortunate or wretched state. Obs.—1
1578J. Stockwood Serm. 24 Aug. 89 Complaintes of the vngraciousnesse and vnhappinesse of schollers.
3. Lack of courtesy or pleasantness.
1836Keble Let. in Liddon Pusey (1893) I. 428 It was a great piece of ungraciousness, my not telling you sooner how much I am obliged to you. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 245 O pardon me, I seem to be ungraciousness itself. 1884Contemp. Rev. July 150 To surrender the hand of a woman..after a great deal of hesitation and ungraciousness. |