unchivalrous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not chivalrous.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Porter was especially interested in everything I had to say about you, and asked many questions. I am afraid I took a rather unchivalrous delight in picturing your desire and resolve to go back eventually to your native jungle."
- "Unless one final Schlafly paradox gets in the way. Before she died, the First Lady of the Conservative Movement endorsed Trump. That makes sense: Schlafly was a paleoconservative who was worried about immigration. But Trump has turned out to be the most unchivalrous candidate in living memory, the very antithesis of Schlafly’s ideal Christian standard."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English chivalrous English unchivalrous From un- + chivalrous.
Inflected Forms
more unchivalrous (comparative)
most unchivalrous (superlative)