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unˈsolemn, a.
[un-1 7.]
†1. Uncelebrated. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. iii. (1868) 11 Of wyche folk þe renoun is neyþer ouer oolde ne vnsolempne [L. incelebris].
2. Not solemn; lacking in formal gravity.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 124 The power..of that kind of vowe is stronger than in..a single unsolempe vow. 1660Jer. Taylor Ductor i. ii. rule 8 §30 Conscience can oblige a Judge to an unsolemn absolution. 1825R. P. Ward Tremaine II. 106 The not unsolemn rhythm of the regular trot of the horses. 1885Law Rep. 14 Q.B.D. 702 A thing..which by the rules of the House is disorderly and unsolemn.
b. Law. Of a will: Informal.
1590Swinburne Testaments 18 Vnsolemne testamentes are so tearmed, whereas the solemnities of the Ciuil law..are omitted. a1661B. Holyday Juvenal (1673) 50 Our lawiers therefore now call those ancient ones ‘solemn testaments’, as the latter sort unsolemn. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 527 Such a perfect Will may either be a solemn or unsolemn will. 1774S. Hallifax Rom. Law 34 The Privilege of Unsolemn Testaments granted to Soldiers. 1844H. Tennant Notary's Man. ii. 32 The word ‘Codicillus’ or Codicil..denotes any unsolemn last will, in which no heir is named.
Hence unˈsolemnly adv.
1821J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1857) I. 367 He read the prayers very unsolemnly. |