noun
Meaning 1
unkindness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
diskindness
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noun
Meaning 2
An unkind act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare
Examples
- 1849 Southey's common-place book. Ed. by J.W. Warter To do another man a diskindness merely because he has done me one, serves to no good purpose, and to many ill ones.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English kindness English diskindness From dis- + kindness.