Meanings
adjectiveirregulous (comparative more irregulous, superlative most irregulous)
comparative more irregulous · superlative most irregulous
- obsoletelawless or profane
Thou Conspir'd with that irregulous devil
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Origin
From ir- + Latin rēgula (“rule”) + -ous.
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