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ˈill-ˈbred, a.
[f. ill adv. + bred ppl. a.1]
Badly brought up; characterized by ill breeding, unmannerly, rude. (Of persons, their actions, etc.)
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. v. 130, I was not so ill bred, but that I knew..when it was lawfull for me to speake. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 15 Some Dutch-ill-bred Sayler. 1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 39 These Arminians are the rudest ill bred'st persons. c1704Prior Henry & Emma 462 The ill-bred question, and the lew'd reply. 1834Lytton Pompeii i. i, An ostentatious, bustling, ill-bred fellow. 1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 311 [In Spain] It is not considered ill-bred to stare at ladies. |