immeritous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin immeritus, from im- (“not”) + meritus, past participle of merere, mereri (“to deserve”).
Adjective
editimmeritous (comparative more immeritous, superlative most immeritous)
- (obsolete) undeserving
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- his confuting hath been employed about a frothy , immeritous , and undeserving discourse
References
edit- “immeritous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.