unroyal

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adjective

Not royal; in particular, not appropriate for a royal.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveunroyal (comparative more unroyal, superlative most unroyal)

comparative more unroyal · superlative most unroyal

  1. Not royal; in particular, not appropriate for a royal.

    Thus, not content with calumniating the Sovereign's mind by supposing it filled with such unroyal notions

    1811, Thomas C. Hansard, Parliamentary debates […] Volume 18
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    The princesses were, it is true, sufficiently good-looking, yet neither their persons nor their garments had that appearance of freshness and cleanliness without which no other charms can be contemplated with pleasure. Everything had a dingy and faded appearance, very disagreeable and unroyal to a European eye.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 343

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Translations

Romanian neregal
  • neregalnot royal
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