unˈmannered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
† 1. Not duly regulated or moderated. Obs.—1
| 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 94 Lufe forsoth of kynsmen, if it be vn-manerd, fleschly affeccione it is cald [= called],..and if it be manerd, kyndely it is calde. |
2. Of persons: Not possessed of good manners; unmannerly, rude.
| 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, i. ii. 39 Vnmanner'd Dogge, Stand'st thou when I commaund. 1610 Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. ii. i, I fear I am too much unmanner'd, far too rude. 1693 Dryden Juvenal vi. 543 No Pray'r can bend her, no Excuse appease. Th' unmanner'd Malefactor is arraign'd. 1745 J. Mason Self-Knowl. i. ix, He is not only ignorant and unmanner'd, but unsufferably vain. 1824 Scott St. Ronan's xxxi, This awkward, ill-dressed, unmannered dowdy. 1879 Meredith Egoist xix, He knew scholars to be an unmannered species. |
| transf. 1854 S. Dobell Balder i. 5 Thou grim wall, Hemming her in with thine unmannered rock. |
3. Of conduct: Characterized by want of manners.
| 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 103 He gazed at Louisa with..an unmannered intenseness. 1772 Ess. fr. Batchelor (1773) II. 146 His superior abilities..were never exerted with unmannered insolence. 1836 Lyra Apost. 27 A ready prey, as though in absent mood They calmly move, nor hear the unmannered mirth. 1871 B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. iii. 176 In most unmannered anger ye Have conjured hither pictures of the shapes of dread. |
4. Free from artificial manners.
| 1813 Lamb Reynolds Wks. 1908 I. 190 The plain unmannered old Nobility of the..Plays of Shakspeare. |
Hence
unˈmanneredly adv.| 1894 Kipling in My First Bk. 92 All my verses..came without invitation, unmanneredly, in the nature of things. |