inobedient
English
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.
Adjective
inobedient (comparative more inobedient, superlative most inobedient)
- (obsolete) Not obedient; disobedient.
- Antonym: obedient
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 82790126, page 208:
- [...] 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.
Derived terms
- inobediently
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inobedient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Middle English
Adjective
inobedient
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Romanian
Etymology
From in- + obedient.
Adjective
inobedient m or n (feminine singular inobedientă, masculine plural inobedienți, feminine and neuter plural inobediente)
- disobedient, unconquered
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | inobedient | inobedientă | inobedienți | inobediente | ||
| definite | inobedientul | inobedienta | inobedienții | inobedientele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | inobedient | inobediente | inobedienți | inobediente | ||
| definite | inobedientului | inobedientei | inobedienților | inobedientelor | |||