inofficiousadj.

/ɪnəˈfɪʃəs/

Etymology: < Latin inofficiōsus, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + officiōsus obliging, dutiful, officious: see -ous suffix. Compare French inofficieux (1495 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

†1.

a. Not ready to do one's duty or ‘office’; not inclined to do good offices; disobliging. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective]

undutiful1582

misbeholden1599

dutilessa1603

inofficious1604

unduteousa1616

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] > not ready to do one's duty

inofficious1604

1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 304 Vp thou tame River, wake..Thou drown'st thy selfe in inofficious sleepe.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. O2^v There he acknowledge him selfe to be severe inofficious, and hard to please.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Inofficious, backward in doing one any good Office, or Turn; discourteous, disobliging.

b. Law. Not in accordance with moral duty.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] > not according with moral duty

inofficious1656

unduteous1861

1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Inofficious, as that will is called by Civilians, wherein they are omitted, or but slightly provided for, that chiefly ought to be considered.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xvi. 448 Suggesting that the parent had lost the use of his reason, when he made the inofficious testament.

1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) I. 355 Let not a father hope to excuse an inofficious disposition of his fortune by alleging, that ‘every man may do what he will with his own’.

1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Inofficious testament, a will not in accordance with the testator's natural affection and moral duties.

2. Without office, function, or operation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > having no function

functionless1819

inofficious1884

1884 Ld. Selborne in Law Times Rep. 52 314/1 Any other construction..would make either the former or the latter part of the 1st sub-section inofficious and superfluous.

1885 Ld. Selborne in Law Times Rep. 52 404/1 Where the operative part and the recital are at variance, the recital must be treated as inofficious.

Derivatives

inofficiˈosity n. (see above, 1b).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > fact of not according with moral duty

inofficiosity1827

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. v. 526 On the part of parent, as well as child, inofficiosity, as the Romanists call it, is indeed always liable to have place.

inoˈfficiously adv.

ΚΠ

1856 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Inofficiously, not civilly or officiously.

inoˈfficiousness n.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inofficiousness, Backwardness in doing any good Office.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	inofficious
释义	inofficiousadj. /ɪnəˈfɪʃəs/ Etymology: < Latin inofficiōsus, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + officiōsus obliging, dutiful, officious: see -ous suffix. Compare French inofficieux (1495 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). †1. a. Not ready to do one's duty or ‘office’; not inclined to do good offices; disobliging. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1582 misbeholden1599 dutilessa1603 inofficious1604 unduteousa1616 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] > not ready to do one's duty inofficious1604 1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 304 Vp thou tame River, wake..Thou drown'st thy selfe in inofficious sleepe. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. O2^v There he acknowledge him selfe to be severe inofficious, and hard to please. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Inofficious, backward in doing one any good Office, or Turn; discourteous, disobliging. b. Law. Not in accordance with moral duty. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] > not according with moral duty inofficious1656 unduteous1861 1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Inofficious, as that will is called by Civilians, wherein they are omitted, or but slightly provided for, that chiefly ought to be considered. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xvi. 448 Suggesting that the parent had lost the use of his reason, when he made the inofficious testament. 1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) I. 355 Let not a father hope to excuse an inofficious disposition of his fortune by alleging, that ‘every man may do what he will with his own’. 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Inofficious testament, a will not in accordance with the testator's natural affection and moral duties. 2. Without office, function, or operation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > having no function functionless1819 inofficious1884 1884 Ld. Selborne in Law Times Rep. 52 314/1 Any other construction..would make either the former or the latter part of the 1st sub-section inofficious and superfluous. 1885 Ld. Selborne in Law Times Rep. 52 404/1 Where the operative part and the recital are at variance, the recital must be treated as inofficious. Derivatives inofficiˈosity n. (see above, 1b). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > fact of not according with moral duty inofficiosity1827 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. v. 526 On the part of parent, as well as child, inofficiosity, as the Romanists call it, is indeed always liable to have place. inoˈfficiously adv. ΚΠ 1856 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Inofficiously, not civilly or officiously. inoˈfficiousness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inofficiousness, Backwardness in doing any good Office. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1604
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