disaffectionate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
dis- + affectionate
Adjective[edit]
disaffectionate (comparative more disaffectionate, superlative most disaffectionate)
- Not disposed to affection; unfriendly.
- 1661, Ralph Browning, A Sermon preach'd on the Coronation Day of K. Charles I.:
- It's the lot of the servants of God to be liable to the quarrels of disaffectionate men
References[edit]
- “disaffectionate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.