dishonestyn.

Brit.

/dɪsˈɒnᵻsti/, U.S.

/dɪsˈɑnəsti/

Forms: Also Middle English deshonestee, dishonestee.

Etymology: < Old French desho(n)nesté (13th cent. in Littré, in modern French déshonnêteté ) = Provençal dezonestat , Italian disonestà , a Romanic formation on dishonestus dishonest adj., after Latin honestāt-em honourableness, honesty n.

The quality of being dishonest.

†1. Dishonour, disgrace, discredit, shame; (with plural) a dishonourable or disgraceful action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun]

unworshipc888

bismerc893

shameOE

shondOE

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shendinga1220

shendlaca1225

slander1297

brixlea1300

shendship1303

hounteec1330

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reproofc1380

defamationa1387

dishonestyc1386

hountagec1390

defamea1393

disworshipa1400

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shendc1400

rebukec1425

contemptc1430

reproach?a1439

reprobationa1450

disfamec1460

opprobry?a1475

lackc1480

shentc1480

vitupery1489

defamy1490

opprobre1490

dain?a1500

contemnment1502

ignominy?1527

scandalization1530

ignomy1534

contumely1555

disglory1567

dehonestationa1575

disgrace1592

attainder1597

disreputation1601

defaming1611

ignominiousness1655

adoxy1656

opprobrium1684

shonda1961

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace > act

opprobry1534

dishonestya1542

indignity1596

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋759 Shame, that eschueth alle deshonestee.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. iii. 13 Where the father is without honoure, it is the dishonesty of the sonne.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 528 Ne deme no dishonesty in your derfe hert.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) viii. 114 From thousand dishonestes I have him drawen.

1582 Bible (Rheims) 2 Cor. iv. 2 We renounce the secrete [1611 hidden] things of dishonestie [ Wycl. Geneva, R.V. shame, Tindale, etc. unhonestie.]

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 86 To venture he may haue honour; to ly hidd as he la, dishonestie.

†2. Unchastity, lewdness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun]

incontinencec1384

unchastityc1384

adulteryc1405

bawdry1460

sensualities1477

incontinency1485

unchasteness1530

dishonesty1535

immorality?1566

inconstancy1581

inchastity1590

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxii. 4 Shee that commeth to dishonesty, bringeth hir father in heuynes.

1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 261 No woman to be tempted..to incontinencie or dishonestie.

1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) vii. 73 Accused..of dishonesty with another mans wife.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 110 A right temple of Cyprus where the sacrifices were only dishonesties.

†3. Shameful or foul appearance, ugliness, deformity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun]

uglinessc1340

foulnessa1398

dishonestyc1400

deformityc1450

laidure1483

ugsomeness1483

evilfavouredness1535

ill-favouredness1565

hard-favouredness1585

deformedness1588

disgrace1596

unsightliness1611

disfavour1706

hard-featuredness1839

eye-soreness1883

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 82 Þare may a man see mykill dishonestee [Fr. meinte leide figure].

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eiiij/1 Ye may not see them by cause of the fylthe and dyshoneste of the place.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvi. 8 Then spred I my clothes ouer the, to couer thy dishonestie [1611 nakednesse].

4. The reverse of honesty; lack of probity or integrity; disposition to deceive, defraud, or steal; thievishness; theft, fraud. Also, a dishonest or fraudulent act.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > [noun]

falseshipc1230

foulnessa1470

dishonesty1600

falsity1603

unparliamentariness1628

sinisterity1629

deviousness1727

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty

fakenOE

falseshipc1230

foulnessa1470

dishonesty1600

falsity1603

sinisterity1629

chicanery1655

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. ii. 9 So couertly, that no dishonesty shall appeare in me.

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. lxiii. 320 Others are of opinion, that stolne Bees thriue best; but..I neuer knew profit in dishonestie.

1751 J. Jortin Remarks Eccl. Hist. I. 45 A forger..will avoid..minute detail, in which he must perpetually expose his ignorance and dishonesty.

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 280 I have caught out Barros in so many dishonesties.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 59 Nothing is more difficult than for a person convicted of dishonesty to find desirable employment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dishonesty
释义	dishonestyn. Brit. /dɪsˈɒnᵻsti/, U.S. /dɪsˈɑnəsti/ Forms: Also Middle English deshonestee, dishonestee. Etymology: < Old French desho(n)nesté (13th cent. in Littré, in modern French déshonnêteté ) = Provençal dezonestat , Italian disonestà , a Romanic formation on dishonestus dishonest adj., after Latin honestāt-em honourableness, honesty n. The quality of being dishonest. †1. Dishonour, disgrace, discredit, shame; (with plural) a dishonourable or disgraceful action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] unworshipc888 bismerc893 shameOE shondOE shendnessc1000 shendinga1220 shendlaca1225 slander1297 brixlea1300 shendship1303 hounteec1330 dishonourc1380 reproofc1380 defamationa1387 dishonestyc1386 hountagec1390 defamea1393 disworshipa1400 mishonoura1400 villainya1400 shendc1400 rebukec1425 contemptc1430 reproach?a1439 reprobationa1450 disfamec1460 opprobry?a1475 lackc1480 shentc1480 vitupery1489 defamy1490 opprobre1490 dain?a1500 contemnment1502 ignominy?1527 scandalization1530 ignomy1534 contumely1555 disglory1567 dehonestationa1575 disgrace1592 attainder1597 disreputation1601 defaming1611 ignominiousness1655 adoxy1656 opprobrium1684 shonda1961 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace > act opprobry1534 dishonestya1542 indignity1596 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋759 Shame, that eschueth alle deshonestee. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. iii. 13 Where the father is without honoure, it is the dishonesty of the sonne. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 528 Ne deme no dishonesty in your derfe hert. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) viii. 114 From thousand dishonestes I have him drawen. 1582 Bible (Rheims) 2 Cor. iv. 2 We renounce the secrete [1611 hidden] things of dishonestie [ Wycl. Geneva, R.V. shame, Tindale, etc. unhonestie.] 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 86 To venture he may haue honour; to ly hidd as he la, dishonestie. †2. Unchastity, lewdness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] incontinencec1384 unchastityc1384 adulteryc1405 bawdry1460 sensualities1477 incontinency1485 unchasteness1530 dishonesty1535 immorality?1566 inconstancy1581 inchastity1590 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxii. 4 Shee that commeth to dishonesty, bringeth hir father in heuynes. 1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 261 No woman to be tempted..to incontinencie or dishonestie. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) vii. 73 Accused..of dishonesty with another mans wife. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 110 A right temple of Cyprus where the sacrifices were only dishonesties. †3. Shameful or foul appearance, ugliness, deformity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] uglinessc1340 foulnessa1398 dishonestyc1400 deformityc1450 laidure1483 ugsomeness1483 evilfavouredness1535 ill-favouredness1565 hard-favouredness1585 deformedness1588 disgrace1596 unsightliness1611 disfavour1706 hard-featuredness1839 eye-soreness1883 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 82 Þare may a man see mykill dishonestee [Fr. meinte leide figure]. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eiiij/1 Ye may not see them by cause of the fylthe and dyshoneste of the place. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xvi. 8 Then spred I my clothes ouer the, to couer thy dishonestie [1611 nakednesse]. 4. The reverse of honesty; lack of probity or integrity; disposition to deceive, defraud, or steal; thievishness; theft, fraud. Also, a dishonest or fraudulent act. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > [noun] falseshipc1230 foulnessa1470 dishonesty1600 falsity1603 unparliamentariness1628 sinisterity1629 deviousness1727 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty fakenOE falseshipc1230 foulnessa1470 dishonesty1600 falsity1603 sinisterity1629 chicanery1655 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. ii. 9 So couertly, that no dishonesty shall appeare in me. View more context for this quotation 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. lxiii. 320 Others are of opinion, that stolne Bees thriue best; but..I neuer knew profit in dishonestie. 1751 J. Jortin Remarks Eccl. Hist. I. 45 A forger..will avoid..minute detail, in which he must perpetually expose his ignorance and dishonesty. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 280 I have caught out Barros in so many dishonesties. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 59 Nothing is more difficult than for a person convicted of dishonesty to find desirable employment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1386
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