Unplausive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    disapproving obsolete

    "(Ulysses to Agamemnon) Achilles stands i' the entrance of his tent: Please it our general to pass strangely by him, As if he were forgot; and, princes all, Lay negligent and loose regard upon him: I will come last. 'Tis like he'll question me Why such unplausive eyes are bent on him […]"

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"(Ulysses to Agamemnon) Achilles stands i' the entrance of his tent: Please it our general to pass strangely by him, As if he were forgot; and, princes all, Lay negligent and loose regard upon him: I will come last. 'Tis like he'll question me Why such unplausive eyes are bent on him […]"

Etymology

From un- + plausive.

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