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inobedient

inobedient adjective: not obedient; disobedient.

Adjective

inobedient (comparative more inobedient, superlative most inobedient)

  1. (obsolete) Not obedient; disobedient.
    • [...] 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.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...
    Antonyms:
    obedient

Antonyms of inobedient

Forms of inobedient

comparativemore inobedient
superlativemost inobedient

Origin of inobedient

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

Words formed from inobedient

  • inobediently

Questions about inobedient

What does inobedient mean?
Inobedient means not obedient; disobedient.
What part of speech is inobedient?
Inobedient is an adjective.

Words near inobedient in the dictionary

  1. innyard
  2. innyards
  3. Ino
  4. Inoa
  5. Inoas
  6. inobedient
  7. inobnoxious
  8. inoborate
  9. inoborates
  10. inobscurable
  11. inobsequiousness

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