† inˈcivil, a. Obs.
[a. F. incivil (14th c.), ad. late L. incīvīlis, f. in- (in-3) + cīvīlis civil.]
1. Not of the rank of a free citizen.
| 1549 Compl. Scot. xvii. 147 He that hed neuyr dune ane vailȝeant act contrar his enemeis, vas reput for ane inciuile villaine. Ibid. 150 Thy father vas ane mecanyc tailȝour discendit of inciuile pure pepil. |
2. Not according to civil law.
| 1613–18 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1621) 214 The Contract was made in prison, and therefore incivill, and not to be held by the right of Nations. |
3. Savage, barbarous.
| 1586 Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. i. i, Tamburlaine, that sturdy Scythian thief That..Daily commits incivil outrages. |
4. Unmannerly, rude, clownish; impolite or uncourteous to others; uncivil.
| 1611 Shakes. Cymb. v. v. 292 Cym. He was a Prince. Gui. A most inciuill one. The wrongs he did mee Were nothing Prince-like. 1683 D. A. Art Converse 117 They are rather not civil than positively incivil. 1707 Reflex. upon Ridicule 189 He is Proud, Haughty, Incivil. |
Hence, † inˈcivilly adv., † inˈcivilness (Bailey vol. II, 1727).
| 1671 Plymouth Col. Rec. (1856) V. 53 Hee did highly misdemean himselfe..by..bringing in off a mare inciuilly into the parlour of James Cole. |