† inciviladj.
Obsolete.
1. Not of the rank of a free citizen.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific ranks of common people > [adjective] > that is a villein or not a freeman
incivilc1550
villein1551
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 116 He that hed neuyr dune ane vailȝeant act contrar his enemeis, vas reput for ane inciuile villaine.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 118 The father vas ane mecanyc tailȝour discendit of inciuile pure pepil.
2. Not according to civil law.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > not according to civil law
incivil1613
1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1621) 214 The Contract was made in prison, and therefore incivill, and not to be held by the right of Nations.
3. Savage, barbarous.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective]
wilda1300
bestiala1398
wilderna1400
savagine?a1439
barbaric1490
rudea1530
barbar1535
barbarous1538
pagan1550
uncivil1553
Scythical1559
raw?1573
savaged1583
incivil1586
savage1589
barbarian1591
uncivilized1607
negerous1609
mountainous1613
ruvid1632
ruvidous1632
barbarious1633
incivilizeda1645
alabandical1656
inhumanea1680
tramontane1740
semi-barbarous1798
irreclaimed1814
semi-savage1833
semiferine1854
warrigal1855
sloven1856
semi-barbaric1864
pre-civilized1876
wild and woolly1884
jungle1908
medieval1917
jungli1920
1586 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. i. i Tamburlaine, that sturdy Scythian thief That..Daily commits incivil outrages.
4. Unmannerly, rude, clownish; impolite or uncourteous to others; uncivil.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective]
rudec1400
rudishc1450
discourteous1561
uncivil1596
incivila1616
dispunct1616
indiscreet1727
impolite1739
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 293 Cym. He was a Prince. Gui. A most inciuill one. The wrongs he did mee Were nothing Prince-like. View more context for this quotation
1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 117 They are rather not civil than positively incivil.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 189 He is Proud, Haughty, Incivil.
Derivatives
inˈcivilly adv.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb]
unhendlya1225
uncourteously1338
rudelyc1405
rudec1460
roidlyc1480
homely1563
discourteously1572
uncivilly1577
indiscreetly1637
unhandsomely1662
incivilly1671
unpolitely1695
impolitely1736
incourteously1859
1671 Plymouth Col. Rec. (1856) V. 53 Hee did highly misdemean himselfe..by..bringing in off a mare inciuilly into the parlour of James Cole.
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