Middle English Dictionary Entry
unsubstanciāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unsubstanciāl adj. |
| Etymology | From substanciāl adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Not grounded in truth or factual accuracy, unsound.
Associated quotations
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)114/7 : Þe dyuersite which was bitwixe hem was not but in wordis oonli and in fame of þe peple wiþout þe trouþ, which ful oft is founde ful vntrewe, vnsubstancial, and perilose.