unˈrule
[un-1 12.]
Absence of rule or government.
| 1422 Yong tr. Secreta Secret. 136 Whyle he regnyd in this vnrule.., into the land of Irlande he arryuete. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. xii. 3724 (Wemyss MS.), Forthy it nedis þat ressoune Thyne vnreullis habandoun. |
| 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxii, Now let's hear..how, in the name of unrule, they got here at this time o' night. 1861 Sat. Rev. II. 670 A very few years more of republican unrule. |