disrespect (disrespekt)

t. [ Ah, fool! that doat'st on vain, on present toys, And disrespect'st those true, those future joys. Quarles, Emblems, iii. 14. IMG:content-2867.png:[blocks in formation] Words worth, To Lycoris. =Syn. Discourtesy, impolitene , slight, neglect. disrespectability (dis-rē-spek-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [ ctable : see- bility .] 1. The character of being disrespectable. [Rare.] Her taste for disrespectability grew more and more re- mark able. Thackeray , Vanity Fair, lxiv. 2. One who or that which is disreputable. [Hu- morous.] part in America; they are respectable disrespectabilities , lead the fashions, and give the tone to the society in the outside, superficial world. S. Bowles , in Merriam, I. 370. disrespectable (dis-re-spek'ta-bl), a . [ dis- priv. + respectable .] Not respectable; not wor- thy of any, or of much, consideration or esteem. [Rare.] It requires a man to be some disrespectable , ridiculous Boswell before he can write a tolerable life. Carlyle, Diamond Necklace, i. A dis respective forgetfulne of thy mercies. Bp. Hall, Soliloquies, lxii. [