uncourteousnessn.
The quality of being uncourteous; discourtesy.
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uncourtesyc1380
undebonairtya1400
rudessec1415
ruditya1450
plainness1465
ingratitude1477
ingratuity1528
uncourteousness1530
rudeness?1533
discourtesy1555
inhumanity1557
unrudeness?1562
incivility1612
discourtship1616
unpoliteness1693
discourteousness1727
impolitenessa1773
ungraciousness1836
rudery1869
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/1 Uncourtesnesse, ingratitude.
?1537 in W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste, Seconde & Thyrde Epist. St. Jhon (3 John i. 9–10) f. xcixv He blameth his vncourteousnesse.
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xliv. 599 The time inviting me thereunto,..and the vncurteousnes of these our times, requiring no lesse.
1681 J. Kettlewell Meas. Christian Obed. ii. iv. 165 The Law..against uncourteousness, against stiffness or uncondescension.
1843 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 4 95 He accuses us of ‘uncourteousness’ and ‘partiality’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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