Inofficious

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Indifferent to obligation or duty. obsolete

    "Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv."

  2. 2
    Not officious; not civil or attentive. obsolete
  3. 3
    Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. obsolete

    "the inofficious testament"

Example

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"Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv."

Etymology

From Latin inofficiōsus. Compare French inofficieux. See in- (“not”) + officious.

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