disloyaladj.n.
/dɪsˈlɔɪəl/ A. adj. Not loyal; false to one's allegiance or obligations; unfaithful, faithless, perfidious, treacherous.
a. Unfaithful to the obligations of friendship or honour, to the marriage tie, etc. (Common in early use: now somewhat rare.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disloyalty > [adjective]
unleal?a1300
faithlessc1390
disloyal1477
unloyal1576
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illoyalc1630
disaffectionate1636
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [adjective]
unleal?a1300
faithlessc1390
disloyal1477
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disleal1590
illoyalc1630
disaffectionate1636
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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 70 ‘Certes fayr sire Iason’ ansuerde the disloiall & vntrewe Peleus [etc.].
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 26 b The Greekes though singuler in learning and eloquence, yet are they disloiall and faithlesse.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S4 Disloyall Treason, and hart-burning Hate.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 105 Thou doest suspect That I haue been disloiall to thy bed. View more context for this quotation
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 51 The demeanure of his disloyall wife.
1844 E. B. Browning Flower in Let. iv Without a thought disloyal.
b. Untrue to one's allegiance; wanting in loyalty to the government or to constituted authority.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [adjective] > to constituted authority
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1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xi. 174 Absolon rebelled..but God quickely paide him that which was due to his rebellious and disloyall attempts.
1634 W. Prynne Let. in S. Gardiner Documents Proc. against W. Prynne (1877) 48 Executed by your Lordship as seditious and disloyall.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 204 Man disobeying, Disloyal breaks his fealtie, and sinns Against the high Supremacie of Heav'n. View more context for this quotation
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 146 His malicious and disloyal reflections on the late Kings Reign.
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 222 Disloyal Whiggs dispatch and goe, And visit Noll and Will below!
1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1839) I. xv. 225 Disloyal to the authority of God.
A disloyal person; a traitor, rebel. Obsolete.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun] > person
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disloyalist1863
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxii. 806/2 The battell of the disloyals.
1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 302 I desired to see this disloyall yet once.
1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 303.
Derivatives
disˈloyalist n. a person disloyal or disaffected to the government.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun] > person
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disloyalist1863
1863 Boston Sunday Herald 24 May 1/3.
1870 Congress. Globe 7 July 5310/3 The county of Monroe [in Missouri] was the place where disloyalists fleeing from other counties took shelter all the time.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 10/1 Two organized bands of disloyalists indulged in hostile manifestations.
1886 J. Cook in Advance (Boston) 18 Feb. 99 As dangerous in his character of a disloyalist as that of a polygamist.
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