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▪ I. disrespect, n.|dɪsrɪˈspɛkt| [f. dis- 9 + respect n.; or perh. from disrespect v.] Want of respect, courteous regard, or reverence.
1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §80. 336 Profanation of holy things..manifesteth a disrespect of God himselfe. 1731Johnson Let. to G. Hickman 30 Oct. in Boswell, This delay..proceeded neither from forgetfulness, disrespect nor ingratitude. 1771Junius Lett. liv. 285 My memory fails me, if I have mentioned their names with disrespect. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 23 No expression indicating disrespect to the Sovereign..was suffered to escape. †b. With a and pl. An instance of this; an act showing disesteem or irreverence; ‘an act approaching to rudeness’ (J.). Obs.
1632Marmion Holland's Leaguer iv. v, Howsoever I have found a disrespect from you, yet I forget it. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §149 Any disrespect to any acts of state..was in no time more penal. 1689Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 314, I doe also fforgive y⊇ Disrespects and neglects of any persons. a1714M. Henry Wks. (1835) II. 139 Their unkindnesses and disrespects to himself. ▪ II. disreˈspect, v. [f. dis- 6 + respect v.] trans. The reverse of to respect; to have or show no respect, regard, or reverence for; to treat with irreverence.
1614Wither Sat. to King, Juvenilia (1633) 346 Here can I smile to see..how the mean mans suit is dis-respected. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts N.T. 11 If he love the one he must disrespect the other. 1683Cave Ecclesiastici 231 (Basil) To honor him, and dis-respect his Friend, was to stroke a man's head with one hand, and strike him with the other. 1706Hearne Collect. 26 Apr., He was disrespected in Oxford by several men who now speak well of him. 1852L. Hunt Poems Pref. 27 As if..sorrow disrespected things homely. 1885G. Meredith Diana I. 257 You will judge whether he disrespects me. Hence disreˈspected ppl. a., -ing vbl. n.
1631Gouge God's Arrows i. §45. 75 A dis-respecting, despising, and vilifying of Gods mercies. 1640H. Glapthorne Ladies Privil. iv. Wks. 1874 II. 140, I meane not..To save a dis-respected life. 1791Paine Rights of Man (ed. 2) i. 101 Reflecting how wretched was the condition of a disrespected man. 1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career III. vi. 105 Treating her..like a disrespected grandmother. |