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diskindness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English kindness English diskindness From dis- + kindness.

Meanings

1. (rare, uncountable) unkindness
2. (countable, rare) An unkind act.
   • 1849 Southey's common-place book. Ed. by J.W. Warter To do another man a diskindness merely because he has done me one, serves to no good purpose, and to many ill ones.
   • it was in his power to do me great diskindnesses, if he should take a fancy to it. 1988 John Chardin - Travels in Persia, 1673-1677

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