Inofficious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inofficious is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
Meaning
(obsolete) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Not officious; not civil or attentive.
- (obsolete, law) Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
Example Sentences
the inofficious testament
an inofficious disposition of his fortune
Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include testament, unofficious, unobliging, inobedient, disobligatory, disobliging.
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