† unprincipaladj.

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and principal adj., n., and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, principal adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + principal adj., originally after Middle French non principal (1533 in the passage translated in quot. ?1541, or earlier).

Obsolete. rare.

Not principal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective]

unprincipal?1541

sillya1547

faulty1574

subaltern1581

suffragant1603

faulted1608

under-rate1709

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Cij Howe many vnpryncypal [sic] membres be there? and how many vnpryncypal [Fr. quans membres y a il de principaulx et quans de non principaulx]?

1795 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 188 The Unprincipal Opposition.

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

单词	unprincipal
释义	† unprincipaladj. Forms: see un- prefix¹ and principal adj., n., and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, principal adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + principal adj., originally after Middle French non principal (1533 in the passage translated in quot. ?1541, or earlier). Obsolete. rare. Not principal. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] unprincipal?1541 sillya1547 faulty1574 subaltern1581 suffragant1603 faulted1608 under-rate1709 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Cij Howe many vnpryncypal [sic] membres be there? and how many vnpryncypal [Fr. quans membres y a il de principaulx et quans de non principaulx]? 1795 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 188 The Unprincipal Opposition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.?1541
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