Middle English Dictionary Entry
unsetting ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unsetting ppl. Also onsetenge. |
| Etymology | From setting(e , ppl. of setten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Improper, indecorous, offensive.
Associated quotations
- (1466-7) Acc.Howard in RC 57172 : Ȝe have mekel on setenge langwache aȝenste me.
- a1500 Proc.Chanc.in Archaeol.ser.2.615 : To or thre ill disposed persones…quereld with your said oratours, and…multiplied there unsettyng and shamefull langeage.