单词 | unduteous |
释义 | unduteousadj.adv. 1. Undutiful; also adv., undutifully. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1582 misbeholden1599 dutilessa1603 inofficious1604 unduteousa1616 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1595 dutilessa1603 impious1613 unduteousa1616 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adverb] undutifully1583 unduteous1745 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 219 This deceit looses the name of craft, Of disobedience, or vnduteous title. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 80 Perpetually unsociable, unpeacefull, or unduteous. 1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant i. i. 7 I..must condemn This Carriage as undutious to your Father. 1745 Matrimony, Pro & Con. 7 What! teach a Child unduteous to behave? 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xi. viii. 203 Why this dispute?—why this unduteous discord? 2. spec. = inofficious adj. 1b. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] > not according with moral duty inofficious1656 unduteous1861 1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law vii. 215 A new remedy..called..‘the Plaint of an Unduteous Will’, directed to the reinstatement of the issue in inheritances, from which they had been unjustifiably excluded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.adv.a1616 |
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