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unparsonic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ʌnpɑːˈsɒnɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From un- + parsonic.

Meanings

1. Not like a parson; unbecoming of a parson.
   • He enunciated the grace in slightly unparsonic tones, which implied that he was not only Rector of Rotherden, but also a full member of the M.C.C. and first cousin once removed to Lord Chatwynd. 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 53:

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