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ungallant

ungallant adjective: not gallant; ignoble, dishonourable, unvaliant.

Adjective

ungallant (comparative more ungallant, superlative most ungallant)

  1. Not gallant; ignoble, dishonourable, unvaliant.
    • "I think we are getting rather away from the point, Mr Drishna," interposed Carrados, with the impartiality of a judge. "Unless I am misinformed, you are not so ungallant as to include everyone you have met here in your execration?"1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

Forms of ungallant

comparativemore ungallant
superlativemost ungallant

Origin of ungallant

From un- + gallant.

Words formed from ungallant

Questions about ungallant

What does ungallant mean?
Ungallant means not gallant; ignoble, dishonourable, unvaliant.
What part of speech is ungallant?
Ungallant is an adjective.

Words near ungallant in the dictionary

  1. ungainsome
  2. ungaite
  3. ungaitered
  4. ungaliophiine
  5. ungaliophiines
  6. ungallant
  7. ungallantly
  8. ungallantness
  9. ungallantries
  10. ungallantry
  11. ungalled

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