inofficious

English

Etymology

From Latin inofficiōsus. Compare French inofficieux. See in- (“not”) +‎ officious.

Adjective

inofficious (comparative more inofficious, superlative most inofficious)

  1. (obsolete) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
    Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. — Ben Jonson.
  2. (obsolete) Not officious; not civil or attentive.
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  3. (obsolete, law) Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
    The inofficious testament. — Blackstone.
    An inofficious disposition of his fortune. — Paley.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inofficious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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