disrespective
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dis- + respective.
Adjective
[edit]disrespective (comparative more disrespective, superlative most disrespective)
- (obsolete or nonstandard) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
- 1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC:
- thou seest me decline to a careless obduration, and to a disrespective forgetfulness of thy mercies
References
[edit]- “disrespective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.