lack-grace

lack-grace noun: a rude person.

Noun

lack-grace (plural lack-graces)

(archaic) A rude person.
- The so-called German drama, therefore, is English in its origin, English in its materials, and English by re-adoption; and till we can prove that Kotzebue, or any of the whole breed of Kotzebues, whether dramatists or romantic writers, or writers of romantic dramas, were ever admitted to any other...1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Critique on Bertram”, in Biographia Literaria, published 1889, page 277
- “Nathless,” returned the stranger, “there are but two years or so between thine age and mine. When thou wert poring over the crabbed text, and pattering Latin by the ell, dost thou not remember a lack-grace good-for-naught, Robert Hilyard, who was always setting the school in an uproar, and was...1843, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Last of the Barons

lack-grace (comparative more lack-grace, superlative most lack-grace)

Rude; graceless; bad-mannered.
- "I'm calling on the owners of Maine Yankee to pull their managers in check, because they are destroying whatever goodwill their employees have built up," Shadis said. "This is such a lack-grace exit." He said instead of fighting the state and the community over jurisdiction questions and clean-up...1999 July 28, Kris Ferrazza, quoting Ray Shadis, “State, Maine Yankee spar over inspections”, in Lincoln County Weekly

From lack + grace.

What does lack-grace mean?: Lack-grace means a rude person.
What part of speech is lack-grace?: Lack-grace can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of lack-grace?: The plural of lack-grace is lack-graces.

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