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disingenuity|ˌdɪsɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ|
[f. next, after ingenuous, ingenuity.]
= disingenuousness (which is now more usual).
1647Trapp Comm. Pentat. (1650) i. 302 Unthankfulness and dis-ingenuity. 1653Manton Exp. Jas. iii. 17 Uncharitable deductions..forced by the disingenuity of the adversary. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. viii. (1695) 350 The disingenuity of one, who will go from the definition of his own Terms. 1769Robertson Chas. V, III. vii. 1 The Emperor's disingenuity in violating his repeated promises. 1835Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 184 Mr. Stewart is far more lenient than Dr. Wallis' disingenuity merited.
b. A piece of unfair treatment or underhand dealing.
1680H. Dodwell Disc. Sanchoniathon's Hist. (1691) 114 For the Practice of such disingenuities. 1804Southey in Ann. Rev. II. 18 In one instance he has been guilty of a worse disingenuity. |