ungentlewomanlikeadj.
(un- prefix1 1c.)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly > for specific people
unprincely1536
ungentlemanly1562
unprincelike1579
unroyala1586
knightless1590
ungentlemanlike1592
unknightly1596
unkingly1606
unregal1611
ungentlemanny1667
unqueenlike1679
unofficerlike1746
unladylike1766
unquality-like1784
ungentlewomanlike1789
unqueenly1819
unpatriarchal1836
1789 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 295 Vulgarisms, of most ungentlewomanlike choice, and most unscholar-like frequency.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1789- of a child or children
- of a congruency
- of a day
- of a different diet
- of a etc look
- of a far fetch
- of a fire
- of a flat
- of a generalty
- of a glaze
- of a glow
- of a good look
- of a great, deep, etc, reach
- of a kind
- of a knot
- of a law
- of a lifetime
- of a light fire
- of a like
- of a morning
- of a mornings
- of a mould
- of a muchness
- of a night
- of a person's bone