unchivalrous

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adjective

Not chivalrous.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveunchivalrous (comparative more unchivalrous, superlative most unchivalrous)

comparative more unchivalrous · superlative most unchivalrous

  1. Not chivalrous.

    Miss Porter was especially interested in everything I had to say about you, and asked many questions. I am afraid I took a rather unchivalrous delight in picturing your desire and resolve to go back eventually to your native jungle.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 73
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    Unless one final Schlafly paradox gets in the way. Before she died, the First Lady of the Conservative Movement endorsed Trump. That makes sense: Schlafly was a paleoconservative who was worried about immigration. But Trump has turned out to be the most unchivalrous candidate in living memory, the very antithesis of Schlafly’s ideal Christian standard.

    2016 September 6, Timothy Stanley, “How Phyllis Schlafly gave us Sarah Palin”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveoffensively discourteous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishchivalrous
  9. Englishunchivalrous

From un- + chivalrous.

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Translations

Finnish epäritarillinen
  • epäritarillinennot chivalrous
Hungarian lovagiatlan
  • lovagiatlannot chivalrous
Cite this entry
APA

unchivalrous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchivalrous

MLA

“unchivalrous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchivalrous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchivalrous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchivalrous.

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