unreverent en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + reverent.
Meanings
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Not reverent.
As priest unreverent, Streyght to the sacrament He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte and cry.
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 45–48:See not your bride in these unreverent robes: Go to my chamber, put on clothes of mine.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unreverent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unreverent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |