unrighteousadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪtʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈraɪtʃəs/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and righteous adj.; also Middle English vnryȝtwysse.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, righteous adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + righteous adj. (with the form history, compare discussion at that entry). Compare Old Icelandic úréttvís, Old Danish uretvis (Danish (now archaic) uretvis), Old Swedish orätvis (Swedish (now rare) orättvis).

A. adj.

1. Not righteous or upright; unjust, wicked.

a. Of a person, or (with a negative) of God.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

ungoodc1000

unwrasta1122

illc1175

nithec1175

wickc1175

hinderfulc1200

quedec1275

wickedc1275

wondlichc1275

unkindc1325

badc1330

divers1340

wrakefula1350

felonousc1374

flagitiousc1384

lewdc1386

noughta1387

ungoodly1390

unquertc1390

diverse1393

felona1400

imperfectc1400

unfairc1400

unfinec1400

unblesseda1425

meschant?c1450

naughtyc1460

feculent1471

sinister1474

noughty?1490

ill-deedya1500

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

naught1536

goodlyc1560

nefarious1567

iron1574

felly1583

paganish1587

improbate1596

malefactious1607

villain1607

infand1608

scelestious1609

illful1613

scelestic1628

inimicitious1641

infandous1645

iniquous1655

improbous1657

malefactory1667

perta1704

iniquitous1726

unracy1782

unredeemed1799

demoralized1800

fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective]

unrighteouseOE

hinderfulc1200

undevouta1300

unreligiousa1382

unkindc1390

unpiteous?c1400

indevout?1504

ungodly1526

godless1528

profane1568

ungodded1579

impious1585

unhalloweda1616

godforsaken?1623

devoteless1650

atheistic1677

undivine1686

Heaven-abandoned1720

indevotea1742

unctionless1842

indevotional1865

link1889

α.

eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxv. 2 [G]eher nu an spell be..ðæm ofermodum unrihtwisum eorðan cyningum.

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 302 Se nigoþa unþeaw is þæt se cyning beo unrihtwis.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 10 Se þe ys on lytlum unrihtwis se ys eac on maran unrihtwis.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 19 Alle þe unrihtwise men..hersumieð þe deuel.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xvi. 24 The creature to thee makere deseruende [a1425 L.V. seruynge], brenneth out in to torment aȝen vnriȝtwis men [L. iniustos].

c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 19 Alle unriȝtwise men þat serven to him [sc. the devil] as hise trewe knyȝtis.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 40 Cambyses..had an vnrightwys Iuge.

a1500 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Adv.) (1843) l. 330 (MED) Þou art not lele iustyse! Thow art fals & vnryȝtwysse!

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1990) III. 114 Arestotil declaris..that ane wnrichtwis man lufis nocht his self for he folouis syn.

β. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. vi. 10 God is not vnrighteous that he shulde forget youre worke.1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 48 The Sadduces..were most vnrightuous.1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 306 There being nothing in mens Manners that makes them righteous, or unrighteous.1712 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (Isa. lv. 7) sig. Y3/2 Here's a Call..to the Wicked, and the Unrighteous Man.?1791 J. Bentham Draught of Code in Wks. (1843) IV. 316 An unrighteous judge, or rather a judge who would otherwise be unrighteous.1845 Birmingham & Edgbaston Proprietary School Mag. Dec. 206 One year a wicked and unrighteous woman..would make her oxen work upon the feast of the feast of the holy martyr.1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 158 Many men are utterly unrighteous, unholy, intemperate.1940 Down Beat 1 Dec. 6/3 Probably the most ‘unrighteous’ of all critics, he judges the merits of a band by its showmanship, or juke box appeal.1998 M. Moorcock in T. White Britpulp! (1999) 25 Unfortunately, I am not responsible for the failings of my predecessors, who set up the supply systems and who were as unrighteous as I am righteous.

b. Of an action, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective]

litherc893

unledeeOE

evil971

missOE

murkOE

unrighteousOE

unseelyOE

un-i-seliOE

unselec1050

wickc1175

foul-itowenc1225

unwrast?c1225

un-i-felec1275

wickedc1275

wrakefula1350

felonousc1374

unquertc1390

unperfect1395

felona1400

wanc1440

meschant?c1450

sinnyc1475

unselc1480

poison?1527

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

viperous?1548

improbate1596

scelestious1609

scelestic1628

spider-like1655

dark-hearted1656

demonic1796

nineteda1798

sinful1863

α.

OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xx. 337 Þære gytsunge cynnreno syndon anda & stala & sceaðunga & mannslihtas & leasunga & unrihtwise domas & soðfæstnesse forhogung & oðere manega yfelo.

OE Blickling Homilies 33 Se awyrgda gast is heafod ealra unrihtwisra dæda.

a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Duodecim Abusivis (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 117 Iswikeð unrihtwisra dedan [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 þwyrlicra dæda], and leorniað god to wurchenne.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2014 His wif wurð wilde, and nam in ðogt Vn-rigt-wis luue.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 29507 O thrijn-wijs Mai cursing be tald on right wijs.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Somme helpe them forth in theyr vnryghtwys dedes.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 55^v The rape vnrightwis of his riche qwene.

β. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. iv. 35 The vnrightuous death of so godly a man.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y4^v Octauius here lept into his roome, And it vsurped by vnrighteous doome.1607 R. Humfrey Conflict Iob 208 For haddest thou no way to cleere thy selfe from a notorious Offendor, but by condemning me of seueritie, and vnrighteous iudgement, in that I afflicted thee?1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 292 Thir own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 630 Angry Neptune heard th' unrighteous pray'r.1774 J. Murray Lect. Lords Spiritual i. 9 Is it not altogether unrighteous to impose doctrines upon your Brethren, which you never mean to teach yourselves? Perhaps, you do not mean that they should teach them, you only require subscription.1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xxi. 365 Those who have dared to prostitute holy things to unrighteous purposes.1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. i. 17 He was..full of most unrighteous oaths.1916 in P. Ramanathan Riots & Martial Law in Ceylon iii. 251 Such gratitude as theirs, and such loyal feelings as theirs, should not be violated by thrusting on them an Ordinance so fearful and unrighteous as this.1987 O. S. Card Seventh Son (1988) viii. 82 It was one thing to abstain from witchery because it was nonsense, and quite another to believe in it and abstain because it was unrighteous.2006 Times 26 July 19/5 They are there to protect the innocent from unrighteous justice inflicted by the powerful.

†2. Scottish. Incorrect, false. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]

unrightlyeOE

leasea900

falsec1175

untruec1370

untruefulc1380

erroneousc1400

fallacec1400

wrongc1420

unsubstantialc1455

wrongfulc1470

unrighteous1507

improper1531

perverse1531

mistaken1540

square1549

truthless1568

uncorrect1568

misconceiveda1612

errorous1633

swervinga1638

tralatitious1645

out of the way1676

wrongous1768

aberrated1834

aberrational1837

unsubstantiated1837

unevidenced1842

non-realistic1882

unsubstantiate1890

screwed-up1942

disauthentic1960

1507 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 437 That the mettis and mesouris be assait.., and quhar thai be fundin unrichtuus be distroit.

†3. Not rightly due or deserved. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved

unearnedc1200

unofearneda1225

unwortha1240

unworthya1382

unrighteous1533

desertless1556

unmerited1581

undeserving1598

immerited1602

meritless1603

undemerited1629

unmeritable1635

ill-deserveda1666

1533 T. More Apologye xxxv. f. 185 Therfore they not onely haue persecuted and punysshed many persones, but also thynke theyr wronge full persecucyon and vnryghtuouse punyshement well done.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 100 Anchises' offspring..from his soul Compassionated their unrighteous lot.

B. n.

Originally: an unrighteous person. Subsequently also (chiefly with the and plural agreement): unrighteous people as a class.

ΚΠ

α.

eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) v. 4 (6) Neque permanebunt iniusti ante oculos tuos : ne ðorhwuniað ða unrehtwisan biforan egum ðinum.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xx. 194 Hit is awriten buton þu gestande ðone unrihtwisan, and him his unrihtwisnysse secge, Ic ofga his blodes gyte, æt ðinum handum.

lOE Fifteen Days before Judgement (1917) 89 God..demen sceal rihtwisen & unrihtwisen.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 83 Ic wile tache ðo unrih [t] wisen ðine weiȝes.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms v. 6 Ne shal dwellen beside þee þe shrewe: ne shul dwellen stille þe vnriȝtwise [L. iniqui] before þyn eȝen.

c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Douce) (1904) iii. 18 For onys Crist was for oure synnes deed, þe riȝtwyse for the vnriȝtwise.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) v. 5 (MED) The ill sall noght won by the, ne the vnrightwis dwell sall byfore thin eghen.

β. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Nvii Our heuinlie fader..causis his sone to scheyne apone ewil men and guid, and giffis his rayne to ye richtus and onrichtus.1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 14 What then shall the vnrighteous be able to say..for themselues?1712 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (Isa. lv. 7) sig. Y3/2 The Unrighteous that live in the neglect of plain Duties.1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn II. iv. iii. 169 She chose not to draw on herself the Curse denounced by the Royal Psalmist on the Unrighteous, of being afraid where no Fear is.1835 J. M. Wilson Hist. Tales Borders I. 58/1 The innocent have been left to perish amang the unrighteous.a1892 Ld. Tennyson Devil & Lady (1930) iii. i. 52 A—avaunt I—I will not heed the unrighteous.1928 Rotarian July 57/2 Remember that I tell you that honesty does not pay in this world. The unrighteous triumph. It is a world of dog-eat-dog and the least scrupulous dog wins.1998 J. Oke in W. D. Tracy Hunger of Your Heart vi. 63 It is the wrongdoer, the unrighteous, who is in need of mercy.2009 J. M. Miller Revelation 175 All, both righteous and unrighteous, are judged on the basis of their deeds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unrighteous
释义	unrighteousadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪtʃəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈraɪtʃəs/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and righteous adj.; also Middle English vnryȝtwysse. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, righteous adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + righteous adj. (with the form history, compare discussion at that entry). Compare Old Icelandic úréttvís, Old Danish uretvis (Danish (now archaic) uretvis), Old Swedish orätvis (Swedish (now rare) orättvis). A. adj. 1. Not righteous or upright; unjust, wicked. a. Of a person, or (with a negative) of God. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective] unrighteouseOE hinderfulc1200 undevouta1300 unreligiousa1382 unkindc1390 unpiteous?c1400 indevout?1504 ungodly1526 godless1528 profane1568 ungodded1579 impious1585 unhalloweda1616 godforsaken?1623 devoteless1650 atheistic1677 undivine1686 Heaven-abandoned1720 indevotea1742 unctionless1842 indevotional1865 link1889 α. eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxv. 2 [G]eher nu an spell be..ðæm ofermodum unrihtwisum eorðan cyningum. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 302 Se nigoþa unþeaw is þæt se cyning beo unrihtwis. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 10 Se þe ys on lytlum unrihtwis se ys eac on maran unrihtwis. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 19 Alle þe unrihtwise men..hersumieð þe deuel. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xvi. 24 The creature to thee makere deseruende [a1425 L.V. seruynge], brenneth out in to torment aȝen vnriȝtwis men [L. iniustos]. c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 19 Alle unriȝtwise men þat serven to him [sc. the devil] as hise trewe knyȝtis. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 40 Cambyses..had an vnrightwys Iuge. a1500 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Adv.) (1843) l. 330 (MED) Þou art not lele iustyse! Thow art fals & vnryȝtwysse! a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1990) III. 114 Arestotil declaris..that ane wnrichtwis man lufis nocht his self for he folouis syn. β. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. vi. 10 God is not vnrighteous that he shulde forget youre worke.1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 48 The Sadduces..were most vnrightuous.1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 306 There being nothing in mens Manners that makes them righteous, or unrighteous.1712 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (Isa. lv. 7) sig. Y3/2 Here's a Call..to the Wicked, and the Unrighteous Man.?1791 J. Bentham Draught of Code in Wks. (1843) IV. 316 An unrighteous judge, or rather a judge who would otherwise be unrighteous.1845 Birmingham & Edgbaston Proprietary School Mag. Dec. 206 One year a wicked and unrighteous woman..would make her oxen work upon the feast of the feast of the holy martyr.1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 158 Many men are utterly unrighteous, unholy, intemperate.1940 Down Beat 1 Dec. 6/3 Probably the most ‘unrighteous’ of all critics, he judges the merits of a band by its showmanship, or juke box appeal.1998 M. Moorcock in T. White Britpulp! (1999) 25 Unfortunately, I am not responsible for the failings of my predecessors, who set up the supply systems and who were as unrighteous as I am righteous. b. Of an action, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] litherc893 unledeeOE evil971 missOE murkOE unrighteousOE unseelyOE un-i-seliOE unselec1050 wickc1175 foul-itowenc1225 unwrast?c1225 un-i-felec1275 wickedc1275 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 unquertc1390 unperfect1395 felona1400 wanc1440 meschant?c1450 sinnyc1475 unselc1480 poison?1527 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 viperous?1548 improbate1596 scelestious1609 scelestic1628 spider-like1655 dark-hearted1656 demonic1796 nineteda1798 sinful1863 α. OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xx. 337 Þære gytsunge cynnreno syndon anda & stala & sceaðunga & mannslihtas & leasunga & unrihtwise domas & soðfæstnesse forhogung & oðere manega yfelo. OE Blickling Homilies 33 Se awyrgda gast is heafod ealra unrihtwisra dæda. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Duodecim Abusivis (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 117 Iswikeð unrihtwisra dedan [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 þwyrlicra dæda], and leorniað god to wurchenne. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2014 His wif wurð wilde, and nam in ðogt Vn-rigt-wis luue. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 29507 O thrijn-wijs Mai cursing be tald on right wijs. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Somme helpe them forth in theyr vnryghtwys dedes. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 55^v The rape vnrightwis of his riche qwene. β. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. iv. 35 The vnrightuous death of so godly a man.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y4^v Octauius here lept into his roome, And it vsurped by vnrighteous doome.1607 R. Humfrey Conflict Iob 208 For haddest thou no way to cleere thy selfe from a notorious Offendor, but by condemning me of seueritie, and vnrighteous iudgement, in that I afflicted thee?1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 292 Thir own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. View more context for this quotation1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 630 Angry Neptune heard th' unrighteous pray'r.1774 J. Murray Lect. Lords Spiritual i. 9 Is it not altogether unrighteous to impose doctrines upon your Brethren, which you never mean to teach yourselves? Perhaps, you do not mean that they should teach them, you only require subscription.1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xxi. 365 Those who have dared to prostitute holy things to unrighteous purposes.1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. i. 17 He was..full of most unrighteous oaths.1916 in P. Ramanathan Riots & Martial Law in Ceylon iii. 251 Such gratitude as theirs, and such loyal feelings as theirs, should not be violated by thrusting on them an Ordinance so fearful and unrighteous as this.1987 O. S. Card Seventh Son (1988) viii. 82 It was one thing to abstain from witchery because it was nonsense, and quite another to believe in it and abstain because it was unrighteous.2006 Times 26 July 19/5 They are there to protect the innocent from unrighteous justice inflicted by the powerful. †2. Scottish. Incorrect, false. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] unrightlyeOE leasea900 falsec1175 untruec1370 untruefulc1380 erroneousc1400 fallacec1400 wrongc1420 unsubstantialc1455 wrongfulc1470 unrighteous1507 improper1531 perverse1531 mistaken1540 square1549 truthless1568 uncorrect1568 misconceiveda1612 errorous1633 swervinga1638 tralatitious1645 out of the way1676 wrongous1768 aberrated1834 aberrational1837 unsubstantiated1837 unevidenced1842 non-realistic1882 unsubstantiate1890 screwed-up1942 disauthentic1960 1507 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 437 That the mettis and mesouris be assait.., and quhar thai be fundin unrichtuus be distroit. †3. Not rightly due or deserved. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved unearnedc1200 unofearneda1225 unwortha1240 unworthya1382 unrighteous1533 desertless1556 unmerited1581 undeserving1598 immerited1602 meritless1603 undemerited1629 unmeritable1635 ill-deserveda1666 1533 T. More Apologye xxxv. f. 185 Therfore they not onely haue persecuted and punysshed many persones, but also thynke theyr wronge full persecucyon and vnryghtuouse punyshement well done. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 100 Anchises' offspring..from his soul Compassionated their unrighteous lot. B. n. Originally: an unrighteous person. Subsequently also (chiefly with the and plural agreement): unrighteous people as a class. ΚΠ α. eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) v. 4 (6) Neque permanebunt iniusti ante oculos tuos : ne ðorhwuniað ða unrehtwisan biforan egum ðinum. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xx. 194 Hit is awriten buton þu gestande ðone unrihtwisan, and him his unrihtwisnysse secge, Ic ofga his blodes gyte, æt ðinum handum. lOE Fifteen Days before Judgement (1917) 89 God..demen sceal rihtwisen & unrihtwisen. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 83 Ic wile tache ðo unrih [t] wisen ðine weiȝes. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms v. 6 Ne shal dwellen beside þee þe shrewe: ne shul dwellen stille þe vnriȝtwise [L. iniqui] before þyn eȝen. c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Douce) (1904) iii. 18 For onys Crist was for oure synnes deed, þe riȝtwyse for the vnriȝtwise. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) v. 5 (MED) The ill sall noght won by the, ne the vnrightwis dwell sall byfore thin eghen. β. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Nvii Our heuinlie fader..causis his sone to scheyne apone ewil men and guid, and giffis his rayne to ye richtus and onrichtus.1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 14 What then shall the vnrighteous be able to say..for themselues?1712 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (Isa. lv. 7) sig. Y3/2 The Unrighteous that live in the neglect of plain Duties.1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn II. iv. iii. 169 She chose not to draw on herself the Curse denounced by the Royal Psalmist on the Unrighteous, of being afraid where no Fear is.1835 J. M. Wilson Hist. Tales Borders I. 58/1 The innocent have been left to perish amang the unrighteous.a1892 Ld. Tennyson Devil & Lady (1930) iii. i. 52 A—avaunt I—I will not heed the unrighteous.1928 Rotarian July 57/2 Remember that I tell you that honesty does not pay in this world. The unrighteous triumph. It is a world of dog-eat-dog and the least scrupulous dog wins.1998 J. Oke in W. D. Tracy Hunger of Your Heart vi. 63 It is the wrongdoer, the unrighteous, who is in need of mercy.2009 J. M. Miller Revelation 175 All, both righteous and unrighteous, are judged on the basis of their deeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † unrighteousv. Forms: 1500s vnrightuouzd (past tense). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: unrighteous adj. Etymology: < unrighteous adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make unrighteous. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [verb (transitive)] unrighteous1593 malignify1613 unregenerate1861 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [verb (transitive)] > make wicked unrighteous1593 enorm1602 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 38^v Thou that ere this hast disparradiz'd our first Parent Adam, and vnrightuouzd the very Angels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.eOEv.1593
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† unrighteousv.