unroyal en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + royal.
Meanings
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Not royal; in particular, not appropriate for a royal.
The princesses were, it is true, sufficiently good-looking, yet neither their persons nor their garments had that appearance of freshness and cleanliness without which no other charms can be contemplated with pleasure. Everything had a dingy and faded appearance, very disagreeable and unroyal to a European eye.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 343:Thus, not content with calumniating the Sovereign's mind by supposing it filled with such unroyal notions
1811, Thomas C. Hansard, Parliamentary debates […] Volume 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unroyal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unroyal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (1)
ro neregal (not royal)