dishonest
English
Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest)
- Not honest.
- Interfering with honesty.
- (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- 1713, Alexander Pope, “Windsor-Forest. […]”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:
- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
- c. '1560, Thomas North, Archontorologion:
- speake dishonest word
- (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Antonyms
Related terms
Collocations
Collocations
- dishonest man
- dishonest person
- dishonest people
- dishonest act
- dishonest means
- dishonest way
- dishonest thing
- dishonest practices
- dishonest conduct
- dishonest behavior
- dishonest employee
- dishonest appropriation
- dishonest assistance
- dishonest gain
Translations
not honest
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References
- Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9), volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 6.64, page 203.
Further reading
- “dishonest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “dishonest”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “dishonest”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “dishonest”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “dishonest” (US) / “dishonest” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
Middle English
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