† disoˈbeisant, a. and n. Obs.
[a. OF. desobeïssant (13th c. in Littré; mod. désobéissant), pr. pple. of désobéir to disobey.]
A. adj. Not submissive, disobedient. B. n. A rebel.
| c 1381 Chaucer Parl. Foules 429 If that I to hyre be founde vntrewe, Dishobeysaunt or wilful necligent. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 143 Disobeisaunt my tithes for to paye. 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xliv. 148 To punysshe them that be dysobeysaunt to the kynge of Castell. 1542–3 Act 34 Hen. VIII in Bolton Stat. Irel. (1621) 241 In such..perill of invasion by the disobeysants, Irishrie. |