† inhonestyn.
Obsolete. rare.
The quality of being ‘inhonest’; also, that which is ‘inhonest’, indecent, or filthy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > quality of being disgraceful
inhonesty1481
opprobriousnessa1540
shamefulness1564
disgracefulnessa1586
dishonourableness1727
opprobrity1751
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun]
inhonesty1481
scandal1622
nastiness1650
fulsomeness1684
indecency1692
impropriety1751
blue1824
paw-pawness1828
blueness1833
gaminess1854
suggestiveness1888
purple1930
1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. b4 Therfor lete this now in frendship be confermed, That we desire nothynges of his inhoneste.
1509 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. 27 Sept. (Rec. Soc.) 124 To tak..of euery flescheour..for the clengeing of thair inhonestie and filth..four pennies ilk quarter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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