† misrulyadj.
Obsolete.
Disorderly; unruly; sinful.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective]
wildc1000
unthewedc1175
wanton?a1300
rabbisha1387
irregular1395
inordinate1398
unruly1400
misgoverned?a1425
misruled?a1425
misruly?a1425
unruleful1439
seditious1447
rulelessc1460
turbulous1527
undaunted1533
turbulent1538
unordinate1561
rowsey1565
misorderlya1568
disruly1570
rabbling1575
disorderous1579
irregulate1579
disorderly1585
break-dance1587
willyart?1590
unguided1600
inorderly1606
anarchial1609
irregulousa1616
unmasterlya1623
uncomposed1631
obstreperous1641
disriegled1657
ranting1658
rantipole1660
reuling1691
shandy1691
rumblegarie1722
randy1723
obstropolous1727
wanruly1773
polrumptious1787
ree-raw1800
rambunctious1830
roid1874
unordered1929
rogue1948
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 284 (MED) Religyoun is come into sich a pliȝt by yuele prelatis..þat he, which wole kepe þe ordir fully, seemeth to mysrule [altered to myruled; v.r. misrewle] religyous folk..þat he breketh þe ordir.
1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 55/2 Misgoverned Maisters.., and other misruly poeple.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4376 I me repent of my mysrewly lyfe.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiv/2 Misruly, enormis.
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 89 And crub the rauge of his mis-ruly tongue?
1609 in Lett. & State Papers Reign James VI (1838) 173 Persounes esteymed of the misrewlie or bangister kind of peple.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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