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unˈmannered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Not duly regulated or moderated. Obs.—1
1435Misyn Fire of Love 94 Lufe forsoth of kynsmen, if it be vn-manerd, fleschly affeccione it is cald [= called],..and if it be manerd, kyndely it is calde.
2. Of persons: Not possessed of good manners; unmannerly, rude.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. ii. 39 Vnmanner'd Dogge, Stand'st thou when I commaund. 1610Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. ii. i, I fear I am too much unmanner'd, far too rude. 1693Dryden Juvenal vi. 543 No Pray'r can bend her, no Excuse appease. Th' unmanner'd Malefactor is arraign'd. 1745J. Mason Self-Knowl. i. ix, He is not only ignorant and unmanner'd, but unsufferably vain. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxxi, This awkward, ill-dressed, unmannered dowdy. 1879Meredith Egoist xix, He knew scholars to be an unmannered species.
transf.1854S. Dobell Balder i. 5 Thou grim wall, Hemming her in with thine unmannered rock.
3. Of conduct: Characterized by want of manners.
1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 103 He gazed at Louisa with..an unmannered intenseness. 1772Ess. fr. Batchelor (1773) II. 146 His superior abilities..were never exerted with unmannered insolence. 1836Lyra Apost. 27 A ready prey, as though in absent mood They calmly move, nor hear the unmannered mirth. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. iii. 176 In most unmannered anger ye Have conjured hither pictures of the shapes of dread.
4. Free from artificial manners.
1813Lamb Reynolds Wks. 1908 I. 190 The plain unmannered old Nobility of the..Plays of Shakspeare.
Hence unˈmanneredly adv.
1894Kipling in My First Bk. 92 All my verses..came without invitation, unmanneredly, in the nature of things. |