† incharitableadj.
Obsolete.
Not charitable; uncharitable.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective]
unkinda1393
uncharitablec1485
incharitable1496
strait-laced1546
ingenerous1635
lean-souled1639
ungenerous1641
mean1665
straitened1712
strait1760
strait-hearted1760
little1766
unmagnanimous1788
narrowing1827
shoddy1918
1496 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 6 Their incharitable and inordinate Covetise.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 40 You bawling, blasphemous incharitable Dog. View more context for this quotation
1671 W. Penn Truth Rescued 5 The second discovery..is not less Incharitable, then the first was Proud and Impudent.
Derivatives
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun]
littlenessa1400
unkindnessc1400
uncharitableness1544
uncharity1548
incharity1586
poorness1625
strait-heartedness1646
meanness1660
incharitableness1679
ungenerosity1757
ungenerousness1757
smallness1813
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. 63 The Debate..fill'd this Kingdom with Incharitableness and Division.
† †incharitably adv. Obsolete
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