unobedient en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English unobedient. Equivalent to un- + obedient.
Meanings
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(archaic, nonstandard, obsolete) Disobedient.
For although they were worthy of any puniſhment: yit had I leuer they might haue flooriſhed in welfare and ſafetie: which had come to paſſe, if they had not bin vtterlye vnobedient too all good counſel.
1571, John Calvin, “Iohn Calvin to the Godly Readers Sendeth Greeting”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. With M. Iohn Caluin’s Commentaries, London: […] Thomas East and Henry Middelton; for Lucas Harison, and G[e]orge Byshop, →OCLC, 1st part:Pepin, not unobedient to the Popes call, passing into Italy, frees him out of danger, […]
1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 43:But unobedient to that well-known voice / His eye was seeking it, / When Moath firm of heart, / Performed the bidding; […]
1801, Robert Southey, “The Eighth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 103:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unobedient | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unobedient | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |