unlegal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In one respect, besides the greater regard which I retain for “words,” my sequestered unlegal, i. e. unlaw-mingled life (a terrible compound epithet that, I must own) has given me an advantage over you in keeping alive my tendency to see loveabilities in people, and thus to add to my stock of comforts; for I do not the less love old friends—quite the contrary—for when good-heartedness survives all trials and exacerbations, where can loveability be so well proved?"
- "1984, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Hearings on H.R. 4931 (H.R. 5604), to Authorize Certain Construction... I think what we are talking about is this whole question of the legislative veto which is the Supreme Court decision has, if I can use an unlegal term, thrown into a cocked hat."
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 legal English unlegal From un- + legal. Piecewise doublet of unleal and unloyal.
Inflected Forms
more unlegal (comparative)
most unlegal (superlative)