Inobedient

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not obedient; disobedient. obsolete

    "[...] I'se near be the ill bird and foul my nest, set apart strong necessity and the skreigh of duty, which no man should hear and be inobedient."

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"[...] I'se near be the ill bird and foul my nest, set apart strong necessity and the skreigh of duty, which no man should hear and be inobedient."

Etymology

From Middle English inobedient, from Old French inobedient, from Latin inoboediens (“not obedient”), present participle of inoboedire (“to disobey”). Compare French inobedient. See obedient.

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