unroyaladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɔɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈrɔɪəl/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and royal adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, royal adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + royal adj.

a. Unbefitting or inappropriate to royalty, esp. to a king or queen.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ix. sig. T4 He..sent them with vnroyall reproches to Musidorus.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 38 A Roman King, who counted it the most unroyal thing to be religious.

1783 W. Beckford Dreams viii. 62 I scolded in an unroyal style.

1842 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 239 The unroyal indignity of being waited upon after her guests.

1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth II. 155 With unroyal discourtesy and unwomanly harshness.

1920 B. Russell Pract. & Theory Bolshevism i. iv. 60 Kings and queens scuttling in unroyal fashion with flying velvet robes to safe citadels right and left.

1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 June 6/4 Princess Margaret made a distinctly unroyal request to a press photographer last week, when she downed her drink and asked him to ‘come and take my photograph’.

b. Not associated with royal authority.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > of or relating to regal or princely authority > not

unroyal1864

1864 Leeds Mercury 22 Oct. 8/3 There is little real sympathy in Ireland with the crown, the law, or the constitution; and the changing and unroyal executive has no hold on the Irish people.

1993 Eng. Hist. Rev. 108 890 In late May Devereux noted with relief the preservation of an unroyal Protectorate.

2001 Nature 15 Mar. 307/3 In Britain there's a Royal Philatelic Society but an unroyal Institute of Physics.

2. Not of royal rank or birth.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] > not royal

unroyal?1605

?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. O4^v Then, Rimes, how ere vnroial, run you on You may, in time, perhaps come neer that Crowne.

1724 G. Ollyffe Madness of Disaffection & Treason 145 What unroyal Blood either at home or abroad, could have Interest enough to have maintained any claim for the Crown?

1814 T. Moore Mem. (1852) II. 21 A certain un-royal person in Derbyshire.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. 230 That none of the blood royal shall raise to royal honours those of the subjects who are by birth un-royal.

1927 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 338/3 Napoleon..died just in time to allow her to bear a son in wedlock to the first of his unroyal successors in her affections.

2006 J. D. Caputo Weakness of God i. 30 This..would constitute an anarchic kingdom of cast-offs and cast-outs, of the ill-born and the low-down, of everyone unroyal and unkingly.

Derivatives

unˈroyally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner > for specific people

unprincely1548

unroyally1616

1616 W. Cornwallis Essayes Certaine Paradoxes sig. E2^v His royall body was..not only vnroyally, but inhumanely, and reprochfully dragged.

1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Choephoræ in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 345 My royal father, who unroyally Wast murder'd!

1829 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 38 Not quite liking to refuse him, as being always so unroyally good-humoured and good-natured.

2013 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 15 Feb. 24 It started with the extraordinary discovery of the remains of King Richard III buried very unroyally under a parking lot.

† unˈroyalist n. Obsolete a person who is not of royal rank.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > monarchism > adherent of > not

antimonarchista1672

unroyalist1779

tellurian1799

1779 E. Allen Narr. Captivity 31 His prepossession of bigotry to his own party, had confirmed him in an opinion, that no humanity was due to unroyalists.

1788 F. Burney Diary 11 Feb. (1842) IV. 56 He is so privileged a favourite with all the Royal Family, that he utters all his flights to them almost as easily as to unroyalists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unroyal
释义	unroyaladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɔɪəl/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɔɪəl/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and royal adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, royal adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + royal adj. 1. a. Unbefitting or inappropriate to royalty, esp. to a king or queen. ΘΚΠ 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 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ix. sig. T4 He..sent them with vnroyall reproches to Musidorus. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 38 A Roman King, who counted it the most unroyal thing to be religious. 1783 W. Beckford Dreams viii. 62 I scolded in an unroyal style. 1842 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 239 The unroyal indignity of being waited upon after her guests. 1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth II. 155 With unroyal discourtesy and unwomanly harshness. 1920 B. Russell Pract. & Theory Bolshevism i. iv. 60 Kings and queens scuttling in unroyal fashion with flying velvet robes to safe citadels right and left. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 June 6/4 Princess Margaret made a distinctly unroyal request to a press photographer last week, when she downed her drink and asked him to ‘come and take my photograph’. b. Not associated with royal authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > of or relating to regal or princely authority > not unroyal1864 1864 Leeds Mercury 22 Oct. 8/3 There is little real sympathy in Ireland with the crown, the law, or the constitution; and the changing and unroyal executive has no hold on the Irish people. 1993 Eng. Hist. Rev. 108 890 In late May Devereux noted with relief the preservation of an unroyal Protectorate. 2001 Nature 15 Mar. 307/3 In Britain there's a Royal Philatelic Society but an unroyal Institute of Physics. 2. Not of royal rank or birth. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] > not royal unroyal?1605 ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. O4^v Then, Rimes, how ere vnroial, run you on You may, in time, perhaps come neer that Crowne. 1724 G. Ollyffe Madness of Disaffection & Treason 145 What unroyal Blood either at home or abroad, could have Interest enough to have maintained any claim for the Crown? 1814 T. Moore Mem. (1852) II. 21 A certain un-royal person in Derbyshire. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. 230 That none of the blood royal shall raise to royal honours those of the subjects who are by birth un-royal. 1927 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 338/3 Napoleon..died just in time to allow her to bear a son in wedlock to the first of his unroyal successors in her affections. 2006 J. D. Caputo Weakness of God i. 30 This..would constitute an anarchic kingdom of cast-offs and cast-outs, of the ill-born and the low-down, of everyone unroyal and unkingly. Derivatives unˈroyally adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner > for specific people unprincely1548 unroyally1616 1616 W. Cornwallis Essayes Certaine Paradoxes sig. E2^v His royall body was..not only vnroyally, but inhumanely, and reprochfully dragged. 1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Choephoræ in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 345 My royal father, who unroyally Wast murder'd! 1829 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 38 Not quite liking to refuse him, as being always so unroyally good-humoured and good-natured. 2013 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 15 Feb. 24 It started with the extraordinary discovery of the remains of King Richard III buried very unroyally under a parking lot. † unˈroyalist n. Obsolete a person who is not of royal rank. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > monarchism > adherent of > not antimonarchista1672 unroyalist1779 tellurian1799 1779 E. Allen Narr. Captivity 31 His prepossession of bigotry to his own party, had confirmed him in an opinion, that no humanity was due to unroyalists. 1788 F. Burney Diary 11 Feb. (1842) IV. 56 He is so privileged a favourite with all the Royal Family, that he utters all his flights to them almost as easily as to unroyalists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1586
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