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unˈglorious, a. Now rare.
[un-1 7 and 5 b. Cf. MDu. onglorioos.]
= inglorious a.
In earliest quots. rendering L. inglorius.
1382Wyclif Job xii. 19 He bringeth the prestis of hem vnglorious, and the beste men of wrshipe he supplauntith. ― Isaiah lii. 14 So vnglorious shal ben among men his siȝte. c1400The Brut ccxxvii. 298 Þe same vnglorious Philip wiþdrowe him, wiþ þe residue of al his peple. c1450Myrr. our Ladye 183 Tho aungels,..made vngloryous for thyr wyckednes, felle from glory. 1663Cowley Ess. in Verse & Pr., Virg. Georg. 46 In the next place, let Woods and Rivers be My quiet, though unglorious destiny. 1744Armstrong Preserv. Health iii. 13 Needlessly to brave Unglorious dangers. 1882Froude Carlyle II. 153 Something should be found..neither unglorious nor unprofitable. |