unrulyadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈruːli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈruli/

Forms:

α. late Middle English onreuli, late Middle English onrewly, late Middle English unruliest (superlative), late Middle English vnrewely, late Middle English vnruli, late Middle English 1600s unruely, late Middle English–1500s vnrewly, late Middle English–1600s vnruly, 1500s unrewelye, 1500s vnrewelye, 1500s vnrewlie, 1500s–1600s unrulie, 1500s–1600s vnrewlye, 1500s–1600s vnruely, 1500s–1600s vnrulie, 1500s–1600s vnrulye, 1500s– unruly, 1600s unruelie; Scottish pre-1700 unrewlie, pre-1700 unrewllie, pre-1700 unrewly, pre-1700 vnreulie, pre-1700 vnrewlie, pre-1700 vnrewlly, pre-1700 vnrulie, pre-1700 1700s– unruly; N.E.D. (1926) also records a form late Middle English vnruely.

β. 1500s–1600s unrulely, 1500s–1600s vnrulely.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, rule n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + rule n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare later ruly adj.²The β. forms show remodelling after rule n.¹ and -ly suffix¹; compare rulely adv.

A. adj.

a. Of a person or group: disorderly, ill-disciplined; not amenable to control or discipline.

ΘΚΠ

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

1400 Ld. Grey of Ruthin Let. June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 4 Hitt woll be an unruely Cuntree within short tyme.

1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 134 I..thank yow of yowr labowr and besynes with þe vnruly felechep that cam befor yow on Monday last past.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 160 When they were full woxen Prowte, onreuli, fiers, and presumpteous.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1539) U ij Sith the worlde is so chaungeable, and the people so vnruly.

1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. D^v Ouer kind fathers, make vnruly daughters.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 153 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian He took order..to be rid of his unrulely Lombards, who were infinitely disorderly.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E3 That he should of all others prove the most unruly, who alone has been endowed with Reason to rule himself withall.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 61 The dispersing of that little unruly army.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 262 I blame not those who..O'erwatch the num'rous and unruly clan.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 685 William had found it no easy matter to decide what course should be taken with that capricious and unruly body.

1896 W. K. Leask H. Miller 29 He seems rather to have become an unruly lad.

1935 Princeton Alumni Weekly 6 Dec. 248/3 The goal-posts were torn down and an unruly mob began to mill around the playing field.

1945 N. Zernov Russians & their Church iii. 23 The unruly inhabitants of the great city were always ready to expel their governor.

2006 E. Oglesby Faery viii. 91 Travelling First Class was no guarantee against the presence of screaming unruly children.

b. Of an animal: uncontrollable, intractable, refractory; behaving as if not tamed, broken in, or properly trained. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > restless or unruly

mockisha1529

unruly1544

undemure?1548

skittish1600

lawless1854

uneasy1855

rowdy1872

1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio liiii. f. 101^v The beastes were so vnruly..that theyr owne kepers and ryders slewe theim.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 141^v To keepe the weaker [sheep]..from the strong and vnruly.

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C7^v A Ship is an vnruly beast.

1682 Duke of Buckingham Ess. Poetry 8 The Muses most unruly Horse.

1758 J. Home Agis i. i. 3 Like the unruly elephant, they turn, And trample down the ranks in which they fought.

a1821 V. Knox Serm. in Wks. (1824) VI. 196 Like the spirited and unruly steed.

1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II at Twitchel The rope is put round the lower jaw of an unruly horse, and the stick is twisted round.

1933 J. V. Allen Cowboy Lore i. 9 On the range an unruly cow..will often be necked or tied to a more tractable animal.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 July iii. 6/2 I designed an 18-karat choke chain—you know, the kind with two rings to curb unruly dogs.

c. Of a thing: difficult or impossible to handle or control; awkward, unmanageable; characterized by unpredictable or wayward behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)

wickc1330

riotous1340

wickeda1352

untreatablec1374

frowarda1400

inobedient1495

stubborn?1518

unwieldya1538

unruly1548

wieldlessa1560

hard1560

untoward1566

tickle1570

churlish1577

unwieldsome1579

rebellious1587

disobedient1588

unframeable1593

unwilling1593

untractable1601

unmanageable1606

intractable1607

surly1609

unwedgeablea1616

dogged1627

uncontrollable1648

obdurate1651

morose1652

uncompliant1659

sullen1678

unpliant1716

ungovernable1773

sulky1867

intractile1880

unwieldly1881

bunglesome1915

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. iv. f. xxxv^v The sea beyng a dumme, and an vnruly element.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 158 When they sitte, with theyr vnruly spurres they breake theyr Egges.

1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xli Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. iv. 51 Th' unruly Sword will no distinction make.

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 9 These Ploughs..if heavier..would sink and be unruly in the mud.

1757 ‘S. Syllogism’ Modest Apol. Def. Bakers 36 The staff of life, admitted to grow too long, is a very unruly, perilous, sort of weapon.

1798 J. O'Keeffe Czar Peter i. iii, in Dramatic Wks. III. 134 The Ship unruly scorns command, And quaffs whole seas of brine.

1814 T. Hall Songs & Occas. Poems 32 But e'er th' unruly sail is furl'd, The canvas rent in twain.

1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xii She softly pushed the invalid's unruly hair off his brow.

1912 Hampton Mag. Mar. 100/2 Restless tossings of the body are dreamed as unruly coat seams.

1967 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 241 I drunk at eleven to still an unruly gut.

2013 N.Y. Mag. 20 May 80/4 Unruly yeast Brettanomyces gives the collaborative stout a funky complexity.

2. Of an occasion, event, condition, situation, etc.: turbulent, anarchic; characterized by the absence of proper governance, control, or order.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [adjective]

riotousc1431

unruly1439

tumultuous1548

rioting1567

brabbling1577

roaring1584

1439 in I. S. Leadam & J. F. Baldwin Select Cases King's Council 1243–1482 (1918) 105^* Wawton..seid..it is the unruliest session that I haue euer sey in Bedford.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Theese vnrulye reuels..thee sea king Neptun awaked.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel Ep. to Rdr. sig. ★8^v Whence come these vnrulie proceedings I pray you, but from..a rebellious spirit?

1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. iv. 31 Wee shall smart for this unruly geere.

1758 J. Home Agis i. i. 2 Revenge and empire now depend On the wild issue of unruly war.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) i. 10 The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times.

1894 Mag. Poetry 6 499/2 A sacred hush that stills the turbid swell Of the unruly day.

1964 National Assembly Official Rep.: House of Representatives (Govt. of Kenya) 6 Aug. 1423 This unruly meeting that has lowered the high reputation of Kenya.

2002 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 July 12 (caption) It's quite a handful as Fremantle and Eagles players tussle for the ball during their often unruly match last night.

3. Of the heart, the tongue, an emotion, etc.: uncontrollable, ungovernable; characterized by waywardness or unpredictability.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable > specifically of the heart, tongue, or feelings

unrulya1450

unwieldy1513

unrefrainable?1520

untameable1567

unrulable1672

a1450 tr. W. Hilton Epist. to Christian Friend in J. P. H. Clark & C. Taylor Latin Writings (1987) II. 309 (MED) Þe turnynge of þi hert fro God by vnrewly lufe and wykked wylle commes of þi-self.

?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 377 (MED) Crist..dampnyd symony, þe whiche is takynge, or an unruely wille to take or to ȝeue, worldly goode for grace.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) James iii. 8 The tonge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely evyll full off deedly poyson.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 540 If our passions be so vnrulely,..then doth impatiencie ouer master vs.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 11 A generous minde, not subiect vnto passions and vnrulie fits.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 6 An vnruly heart will breake out one time or other.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 239 When his unruly invention suggests to him an addition to the Text.

1712 A. Pope in Spectator No. 408. Young Men whose Passions are not a little unruly.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iv. 58 To imagine he keeps that unruly Faculty [sc. the tongue] in due Subjection.

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames viii. 262 It is impracticable to control their unruly passions.

1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 286 Nor time nor tune are there, Yet sounds the unruly joy.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. xxxv. 529 The use of strong suppressive measures to keep down the unruly tendencies of uncontrolled fanatics.

1936 C. E. M. Joad Guide to Philos. ix. 240 Unless..we are impelled to use the will to suppress an unruly desire, we cannot in fact suppress it.

2006 K. Cook Undressed 209 His whole body burned with unruly lust.

4. Stormy, tempestuous, wild; characterized by severe weather or rough conditions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy

reigheOE

stormya1200

wilda1250

troublec1374

rougha1400

stormishc1430

rude?a1439

boistous1470

troublous1482

wair?a1500

tempestuous1509

blusterous1548

rugged1549

stormful1558

troublesome1560

turbulent1573

ruggy1577

rufflered1582

oragious?1590

boisterous?1594

broily1594

unruly1594

procellousa1629

gurly1718

coarse1774

ugly1844

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [adjective] > flowing rapidly or violently

stiff?a1366

sternc1374

throc1380

despitousa1450

stith1487

pouring1577

stickle1587

testy1610

sharp1655

unruly1697

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G1^v Vnruly blasts wait on the tender spring, Vnholsome weeds take roote.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 53 The Night ha's been vnruly: Where we lay, our Chimneys were blowne downe.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 He makes his way o're Mountains, and contemns Unruly Torrents, and unfoorded Streams.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 557 The Standard was blown down..by a very strong and unruly wind.

1740 Operations of War 13 They then have time enough..to take their Leaves of all that's dear to them on this side the Water, before they plough the unruly Ocean.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 327 Her appearance was always just after, or just before, or just in the midst of unruly weather.

1891 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 305/1 It was Saturday night,—an unruly night of wind and rain in late December.

1910 Stone Oct. 519/2 This little pier..affords no protection to craft from the unruly storms.

2002 Backpacker May 88/2 The mini-fly leaves the sides exposed to wind-driven rain in unruly conditions.

†5. Of pain, a disease, etc.: difficult or impossible to treat, control, or cure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy > of disease or wound

recurelessc1425

unrecoverable1461

remedilessa1513

cureless1557

irrecoverable1594

unrecuring1594

immedicable1596

unruly1596

irrecured1598

irrelievable1670

irremediable1801

incorrigible1804

immedicinable1826

untreatable1865

inoperable1886

unrelievable1898

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vi. sig. Dd5^v Their wounds..Had festred priuily, And ranckling inward with vnruly stounds, The inner parts now gan to putrify.

1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Kk 6 Dying of an vnruly disease.

1646 J. Robinson Peoples Plea 4 A Physitian giveth his Patient a potion that seemeth bitter, and he is verie loth to take; and if the disease be unruly, he is bound too, without any evill will or meaning towards him, but only for his health and good.

1844 Periscope Oct. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 41 550 Without those unruly pains and aches that so often survive the original attack.

B. n.

1. With the and plural agreement. Unruly or disorderly people as a class. [In to warn the unruly ultimately rendering Hellenistic Greek νουτεθεῖτε τοὺς ἀτάκτους (1 Thessalonians 5:14); the Vulgate has post-classical Latin corripite inquietos.]

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. li^v There was no man that studied to bryng the vnruly to frame.

1647 Jus Divinum Regiminis Ecclesiastici (ed. 2) 42 The Church may, Warn the unruly.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 184 All things must be managed here, to the supporting of the weak, as well as to the warning of the Unruly .

1720 B. Wills Ministers Set for Def. Gospel 22 As Ministers should guide and encourage the Weak,..so they should admonish the Erroneous, and warn the Unruly.

1782 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (ed. 2) I. p. xli We cannot possibly warn all the unruly.

1823 J. McHenry Wilderness I. xviii. 246 Fathers—I desire you may hear me in civilness. If not, we must handle that rod which was laid down for the use of the unruly.

a1866 J. C. Prince Poet. Wks. (1880) I. 236 Every drop from that soul-guided pen Shall..Wean the unruly from their sins and broils.

1931 C. W. Cole French Mercantile Doctr. before Colbert iii. 120 The unruly and criminal should be forced to work.

2004 New Yorker 20 Dec. 126/2 Holding the unruly, the thugs, in check is the famous ‘common power’ to keep all men in awe.

2. Chiefly in plural. An unruly or disorderly person.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > unruly person

flight-head1605

unruly1611

wild-blood1820

tear-away1958

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxii. 807/1 These vnrulies presently chose him for their ringleader.

1833 Age 6 Oct. 314/2 On administering the Sacrament to one of these unrulies, he exclaimed, [etc.].

1882 M. A. Leeson Hist. Macomb County, Mich. xxix. 556 His failure..resulted in sending some of the ‘unrulies’ to the Romeo Academy.

1959 Soviet Lit. 9 20 He had acted illegally..by releasing from the Cooler an Unruly who..should be kept under lock and key.

1994 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 15/8 Those in authority have had many more years of liberal conditioning than the unrulies they deal with.

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

单词	unruly
释义	unrulyadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈruːli/, U.S. /ˌənˈruli/ Forms: α. late Middle English onreuli, late Middle English onrewly, late Middle English unruliest (superlative), late Middle English vnrewely, late Middle English vnruli, late Middle English 1600s unruely, late Middle English–1500s vnrewly, late Middle English–1600s vnruly, 1500s unrewelye, 1500s vnrewelye, 1500s vnrewlie, 1500s–1600s unrulie, 1500s–1600s vnrewlye, 1500s–1600s vnruely, 1500s–1600s vnrulie, 1500s–1600s vnrulye, 1500s– unruly, 1600s unruelie; Scottish pre-1700 unrewlie, pre-1700 unrewllie, pre-1700 unrewly, pre-1700 vnreulie, pre-1700 vnrewlie, pre-1700 vnrewlly, pre-1700 vnrulie, pre-1700 1700s– unruly; N.E.D. (1926) also records a form late Middle English vnruely. β. 1500s–1600s unrulely, 1500s–1600s vnrulely. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, rule n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + rule n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare later ruly adj.²The β. forms show remodelling after rule n.¹ and -ly suffix¹; compare rulely adv. A. adj. 1. a. Of a person or group: disorderly, ill-disciplined; not amenable to control or discipline. ΘΚΠ 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 1400 Ld. Grey of Ruthin Let. June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 4 Hitt woll be an unruely Cuntree within short tyme. 1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 134 I..thank yow of yowr labowr and besynes with þe vnruly felechep that cam befor yow on Monday last past. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 160 When they were full woxen Prowte, onreuli, fiers, and presumpteous. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1539) U ij Sith the worlde is so chaungeable, and the people so vnruly. 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. D^v Ouer kind fathers, make vnruly daughters. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 153 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian He took order..to be rid of his unrulely Lombards, who were infinitely disorderly. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E3 That he should of all others prove the most unruly, who alone has been endowed with Reason to rule himself withall. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 61 The dispersing of that little unruly army. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 262 I blame not those who..O'erwatch the num'rous and unruly clan. View more context for this quotation 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 685 William had found it no easy matter to decide what course should be taken with that capricious and unruly body. 1896 W. K. Leask H. Miller 29 He seems rather to have become an unruly lad. 1935 Princeton Alumni Weekly 6 Dec. 248/3 The goal-posts were torn down and an unruly mob began to mill around the playing field. 1945 N. Zernov Russians & their Church iii. 23 The unruly inhabitants of the great city were always ready to expel their governor. 2006 E. Oglesby Faery viii. 91 Travelling First Class was no guarantee against the presence of screaming unruly children. b. Of an animal: uncontrollable, intractable, refractory; behaving as if not tamed, broken in, or properly trained. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > restless or unruly mockisha1529 unruly1544 undemure?1548 skittish1600 lawless1854 uneasy1855 rowdy1872 1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio liiii. f. 101^v The beastes were so vnruly..that theyr owne kepers and ryders slewe theim. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 141^v To keepe the weaker [sheep]..from the strong and vnruly. 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C7^v A Ship is an vnruly beast. 1682 Duke of Buckingham Ess. Poetry 8 The Muses most unruly Horse. 1758 J. Home Agis i. i. 3 Like the unruly elephant, they turn, And trample down the ranks in which they fought. a1821 V. Knox Serm. in Wks. (1824) VI. 196 Like the spirited and unruly steed. 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. II at Twitchel The rope is put round the lower jaw of an unruly horse, and the stick is twisted round. 1933 J. V. Allen Cowboy Lore i. 9 On the range an unruly cow..will often be necked or tied to a more tractable animal. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 July iii. 6/2 I designed an 18-karat choke chain—you know, the kind with two rings to curb unruly dogs. c. Of a thing: difficult or impossible to handle or control; awkward, unmanageable; characterized by unpredictable or wayward behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things) wickc1330 riotous1340 wickeda1352 untreatablec1374 frowarda1400 inobedient1495 stubborn?1518 unwieldya1538 unruly1548 wieldlessa1560 hard1560 untoward1566 tickle1570 churlish1577 unwieldsome1579 rebellious1587 disobedient1588 unframeable1593 unwilling1593 untractable1601 unmanageable1606 intractable1607 surly1609 unwedgeablea1616 dogged1627 uncontrollable1648 obdurate1651 morose1652 uncompliant1659 sullen1678 unpliant1716 ungovernable1773 sulky1867 intractile1880 unwieldly1881 bunglesome1915 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. iv. f. xxxv^v The sea beyng a dumme, and an vnruly element. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 158 When they sitte, with theyr vnruly spurres they breake theyr Egges. 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xli Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. iv. 51 Th' unruly Sword will no distinction make. 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 9 These Ploughs..if heavier..would sink and be unruly in the mud. 1757 ‘S. Syllogism’ Modest Apol. Def. Bakers 36 The staff of life, admitted to grow too long, is a very unruly, perilous, sort of weapon. 1798 J. O'Keeffe Czar Peter i. iii, in Dramatic Wks. III. 134 The Ship unruly scorns command, And quaffs whole seas of brine. 1814 T. Hall Songs & Occas. Poems 32 But e'er th' unruly sail is furl'd, The canvas rent in twain. 1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xii She softly pushed the invalid's unruly hair off his brow. 1912 Hampton Mag. Mar. 100/2 Restless tossings of the body are dreamed as unruly coat seams. 1967 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 241 I drunk at eleven to still an unruly gut. 2013 N.Y. Mag. 20 May 80/4 Unruly yeast Brettanomyces gives the collaborative stout a funky complexity. 2. Of an occasion, event, condition, situation, etc.: turbulent, anarchic; characterized by the absence of proper governance, control, or order. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [adjective] riotousc1431 unruly1439 tumultuous1548 rioting1567 brabbling1577 roaring1584 1439 in I. S. Leadam & J. F. Baldwin Select Cases King's Council 1243–1482 (1918) 105^* Wawton..seid..it is the unruliest session that I haue euer sey in Bedford. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Theese vnrulye reuels..thee sea king Neptun awaked. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel Ep. to Rdr. sig. ★8^v Whence come these vnrulie proceedings I pray you, but from..a rebellious spirit? 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. iv. 31 Wee shall smart for this unruly geere. 1758 J. Home Agis i. i. 2 Revenge and empire now depend On the wild issue of unruly war. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) i. 10 The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times. 1894 Mag. Poetry 6 499/2 A sacred hush that stills the turbid swell Of the unruly day. 1964 National Assembly Official Rep.: House of Representatives (Govt. of Kenya) 6 Aug. 1423 This unruly meeting that has lowered the high reputation of Kenya. 2002 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 July 12 (caption) It's quite a handful as Fremantle and Eagles players tussle for the ball during their often unruly match last night. 3. Of the heart, the tongue, an emotion, etc.: uncontrollable, ungovernable; characterized by waywardness or unpredictability. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable > specifically of the heart, tongue, or feelings unrulya1450 unwieldy1513 unrefrainable?1520 untameable1567 unrulable1672 a1450 tr. W. Hilton Epist. to Christian Friend in J. P. H. Clark & C. Taylor Latin Writings (1987) II. 309 (MED) Þe turnynge of þi hert fro God by vnrewly lufe and wykked wylle commes of þi-self. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 377 (MED) Crist..dampnyd symony, þe whiche is takynge, or an unruely wille to take or to ȝeue, worldly goode for grace. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) James iii. 8 The tonge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely evyll full off deedly poyson. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 540 If our passions be so vnrulely,..then doth impatiencie ouer master vs. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 11 A generous minde, not subiect vnto passions and vnrulie fits. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 6 An vnruly heart will breake out one time or other. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 239 When his unruly invention suggests to him an addition to the Text. 1712 A. Pope in Spectator No. 408. Young Men whose Passions are not a little unruly. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iv. 58 To imagine he keeps that unruly Faculty [sc. the tongue] in due Subjection. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames viii. 262 It is impracticable to control their unruly passions. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 286 Nor time nor tune are there, Yet sounds the unruly joy. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. xxxv. 529 The use of strong suppressive measures to keep down the unruly tendencies of uncontrolled fanatics. 1936 C. E. M. Joad Guide to Philos. ix. 240 Unless..we are impelled to use the will to suppress an unruly desire, we cannot in fact suppress it. 2006 K. Cook Undressed 209 His whole body burned with unruly lust. 4. Stormy, tempestuous, wild; characterized by severe weather or rough conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy reigheOE stormya1200 wilda1250 troublec1374 rougha1400 stormishc1430 rude?a1439 boistous1470 troublous1482 wair?a1500 tempestuous1509 blusterous1548 rugged1549 stormful1558 troublesome1560 turbulent1573 ruggy1577 rufflered1582 oragious?1590 boisterous?1594 broily1594 unruly1594 procellousa1629 gurly1718 coarse1774 ugly1844 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [adjective] > flowing rapidly or violently stiff?a1366 sternc1374 throc1380 despitousa1450 stith1487 pouring1577 stickle1587 testy1610 sharp1655 unruly1697 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G1^v Vnruly blasts wait on the tender spring, Vnholsome weeds take roote. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 53 The Night ha's been vnruly: Where we lay, our Chimneys were blowne downe. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 He makes his way o're Mountains, and contemns Unruly Torrents, and unfoorded Streams. View more context for this quotation 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 557 The Standard was blown down..by a very strong and unruly wind. 1740 Operations of War 13 They then have time enough..to take their Leaves of all that's dear to them on this side the Water, before they plough the unruly Ocean. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 327 Her appearance was always just after, or just before, or just in the midst of unruly weather. 1891 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 305/1 It was Saturday night,—an unruly night of wind and rain in late December. 1910 Stone Oct. 519/2 This little pier..affords no protection to craft from the unruly storms. 2002 Backpacker May 88/2 The mini-fly leaves the sides exposed to wind-driven rain in unruly conditions. †5. Of pain, a disease, etc.: difficult or impossible to treat, control, or cure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy > of disease or wound recurelessc1425 unrecoverable1461 remedilessa1513 cureless1557 irrecoverable1594 unrecuring1594 immedicable1596 unruly1596 irrecured1598 irrelievable1670 irremediable1801 incorrigible1804 immedicinable1826 untreatable1865 inoperable1886 unrelievable1898 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vi. sig. Dd5^v Their wounds..Had festred priuily, And ranckling inward with vnruly stounds, The inner parts now gan to putrify. View more context for this quotation 1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Kk 6 Dying of an vnruly disease. 1646 J. Robinson Peoples Plea 4 A Physitian giveth his Patient a potion that seemeth bitter, and he is verie loth to take; and if the disease be unruly, he is bound too, without any evill will or meaning towards him, but only for his health and good. 1844 Periscope Oct. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 41 550 Without those unruly pains and aches that so often survive the original attack. B. n. 1. With the and plural agreement. Unruly or disorderly people as a class. [In to warn the unruly ultimately rendering Hellenistic Greek νουτεθεῖτε τοὺς ἀτάκτους (1 Thessalonians 5:14); the Vulgate has post-classical Latin corripite inquietos.] ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. li^v There was no man that studied to bryng the vnruly to frame. 1647 Jus Divinum Regiminis Ecclesiastici (ed. 2) 42 The Church may, Warn the unruly. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 184 All things must be managed here, to the supporting of the weak, as well as to the warning of the Unruly . View more context for this quotation 1720 B. Wills Ministers Set for Def. Gospel 22 As Ministers should guide and encourage the Weak,..so they should admonish the Erroneous, and warn the Unruly. 1782 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (ed. 2) I. p. xli We cannot possibly warn all the unruly. 1823 J. McHenry Wilderness I. xviii. 246 Fathers—I desire you may hear me in civilness. If not, we must handle that rod which was laid down for the use of the unruly. a1866 J. C. Prince Poet. Wks. (1880) I. 236 Every drop from that soul-guided pen Shall..Wean the unruly from their sins and broils. 1931 C. W. Cole French Mercantile Doctr. before Colbert iii. 120 The unruly and criminal should be forced to work. 2004 New Yorker 20 Dec. 126/2 Holding the unruly, the thugs, in check is the famous ‘common power’ to keep all men in awe. 2. Chiefly in plural. An unruly or disorderly person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > unruly person flight-head1605 unruly1611 wild-blood1820 tear-away1958 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxii. 807/1 These vnrulies presently chose him for their ringleader. 1833 Age 6 Oct. 314/2 On administering the Sacrament to one of these unrulies, he exclaimed, [etc.]. 1882 M. A. Leeson Hist. Macomb County, Mich. xxix. 556 His failure..resulted in sending some of the ‘unrulies’ to the Romeo Academy. 1959 Soviet Lit. 9 20 He had acted illegally..by releasing from the Cooler an Unruly who..should be kept under lock and key. 1994 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 15/8 Those in authority have had many more years of liberal conditioning than the unrulies they deal with. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1400
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