Middle English Dictionary Entry
inhoneste adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | inhoneste adj. |
| Etymology | L inhonestus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. honest(e adj.
1.
Disgraceful, obscene, improper.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)220/11 : Þe wordes of kueadnesse of ribaudie þe fole takinges and inhoneste ine zenne of lecherie.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.12.23 : Þoo þat we trowe to be þe vylere membrys of þe body, to þem we don aboute þe more ful worschype of cloþynges; and þoo þat ben oures inhoneste [L inhonesta] þei hafe honestee more abundaunt.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.269 : The bischop spekynge that to woman wordes inhoneste [Trev.: unfittynge; L obscoena], and willynge..to have taken his pleasure by strenghte, the woman persede moche the breste of the bischop with scheres.