unsincerity

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sincerity.

Noun

unsincerity (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of insincerity.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, “[Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments, Containing Divers Admonitions and Observations (Chiefly Chymical) Touching that Subject.] The Second Essay, of Un-succeeding Experiments.”, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1669, →OCLC, pages 108–109:

     […] I am novv ſatisfi'd, that a Spirit of Sea-ſalt may vvithout any unſincerity be ſo prepar'd as to diſſolve the body of crude Gold, though I could not find that the Solutions I made of that Metal vvere red, but rather of a yellovv or golden colour, much like thoſe made vvith common Aqua Regis.

Further reading

• “unsincerity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.