disloyal
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disloyal
- [dɪsˈlɔɪ(j)əɫ] UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desleal, desloial, equivalent to dis- + loyal.
adjective more disloyal · most disloyal
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Not loyal, without loyalty.
1536, Anne Boleyn, letter addressed to Henry VIII from the Tower of London, cited in Edward Herbert, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII, London: Thomas Whitaker, 1649, p. 383,
Good your Grace, let not any light fancy, or bad Counsel of mine enemies withdraw your Princely favour from me; neither
Similar: faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unfaithful, unloyal, recreant, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing
Translations
Talk about this word "disloyal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disloyal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disloyal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disloyal "disloyal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disloyal.Cite this
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