unreverend

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adjective

Not reverend; unpraiseworthy.

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Meanings

adjectiveunreverend (comparative more unreverend, superlative most unreverend)

comparative more unreverend · superlative most unreverend

  1. obsoleteNot reverend; unpraiseworthy.

    Long grey unreverend locks befouled with mire.

    1880, J. Thomson, City of Dreadful Night
  2. obsoletedisrespectful; irreverent.

    unreverend tongue

    c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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    To justifie the Church of England, and true Protestant Religion,[…]from all allowment and approbation, of any such unreverend, blasphemous, and reproachfull language, against Soveraine Majesty.

    1648, Edward Symmons, A Vindication of King Charles

    He was famous for his jests, in which he indulged in a most unreverend manner.

    1858, Christian Henry Monicke (editor), The Book of British Poets

Origin

From un- + reverend.

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APA

unreverend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreverend

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“unreverend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreverend. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unreverend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreverend.

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