inobedient
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English inobedient, from Old French inobedient, from Latin inoboediens (“not obedient”), present participle of inoboedire (“to disobey”). Compare French inobedient. See obedient.
Adjective[edit]
inobedient (comparative more inobedient, superlative most inobedient)
- (obsolete) Not obedient; disobedient.
- Antonym: obedient
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 208:
- [...] I'se near be the ill bird and foul my nest, set apart strong necessity and the skreigh of duty, which no man should hear and be inobedient.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “inobedient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inobedient
- disobedient
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 24, line 392:
- Inobedient, is he that disobeyeth for despyt to the comandements of god and to hise sovereyns, and to his goostly fader.
- Disobedient is he that disobeys for spite to the commandments of God, and to his superiors, and to his spiritual father.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 24, line 392:
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inobedient m or n (feminine singular inobedientă, masculine plural inobedienți, feminine and neuter plural inobediente)
Declension[edit]
Declension of inobedient
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | inobedient | inobedientă | inobedienți | inobediente | ||
definite | inobedientul | inobedienta | inobedienții | inobedientele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | inobedient | inobediente | inobedienți | inobediente | ||
definite | inobedientului | inobedientei | inobedienților | inobedientelor |
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