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De - Pt| English Dictionary: illiberal | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Illiberal \Il*lib"er*al\, a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not + liberalis liberal: cf. F. illib[82]ral.] 1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. [bd]A thrifty and illiberal hand.[b8] --Mason. 2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous. 3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.] --Chesterfield. | |
