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‖ deˈsobligeant Obs. [ad. F. désobligeante in same sense, fem. (sc. voiture carriage) of désobligeant disobliging.] ‘A chaise so called in France from its holding but one person.’ (Note to Sterne, in ed. 1794.) Cf. sulky.
1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1778) I. 20 (Desobligeant) An old Desobligeant..hit my fancy at first sight, so I instantly got into it. 1770J. Adams Diary 12 July Wks. 1850 II. 246 Got into my désobligeant to go home. 1787A. Hilditch Rosa de Montmorien I. 48 To travel..in the very disobligeant which Sterne celebrates in his Sentimental tour. ibid. I. 49. 1811 Sporting Mag. XXXVII. 12 Sociables, disoblegiants. |