inobedient

English

Etymology

From Middle English inobedient, from Old French inobedient, from Latin inoboediens (“not obedient”), present participle of inoboedire (“to disobey”). Compare French inobedient. See obedient.

Adjective

inobedient (comparative more inobedient, superlative most inobedient)

1. (obsolete) Not obedient; disobedient.

   Antonym: obedient

   • 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 208:

     [...] I'se near be the ill bird and foul my nest, set apart strong necessity and the skreigh of duty, which no man should hear and be inobedient.

Derived terms

• inobediently

References

• “inobedient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Adjective

inobedient

1. disobedient
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 24, line 392:

     Inobedient, is he that disobeyeth for despyt to the comandements of god and to hise sovereyns, and to his goostly fader.

     Disobedient is he that disobeys for spite to the commandments of God, and to his superiors, and to his spiritual father.

Romanian

Etymology

From in- +‎ obedient.

Adjective

inobedient m or n (feminine singular inobedientă, masculine plural inobedienți, feminine and neuter plural inobediente)

1. disobedient, unconquered

Declension

Declension of inobedient

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	inobedient		inobedientă	inobedienți	inobediente
	definite	inobedientul		inobedienta	inobedienții	inobedientele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	inobedient		inobediente	inobedienți	inobediente
	definite	inobedientului		inobedientei	inobedienților	inobedientelor