disgracious

English

Etymology

Compare French disgracieux.

Adjective

disgracious (comparative more disgracious, superlative most disgracious) (archaic)

1. Lacking grace; ungraceful
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     If I be so disgracious in your fight, let me march on

2. disgraced.

References

• “disgracious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.