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ungallant

adj

Etymology

From un- + gallant.

  1. derived from *gailaz✻ — “merry; excited; luxurious”
  2. derived from *gail✻ — “merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”
  3. derived from *welh₁-✻ — “to choose, wish”
  4. derived from *wela✻
  5. derived from galant — “courteous; dashing; brave”
  6. inherited from galant
  7. prefixed as ungallant — “un + gallant”

Definitions

  1. Not gallant

    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?"

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA