English

Adjective

unhonest ‎(comparative more unhonest, superlative most unhonest)

1. (obsolete) Discreditable (of actions, language etc.); unseemly, morally reprehensible.
2. (obsolete) Dishonourable (of people); immoral, not respectable.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.2.ii:

     ‘We envy’ (saith Isocrates) ‘wise, just, honest men […]’ though they be otherwise vicious, unhonest; we love them, favour them, and are ready to do them any good office for their beauty's sake, though they have no other good quality beside.

3. (obsolete) Dishonest.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ascham to this entry?)

Related terms

• unhonestly