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Meaning of inofficious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Indifferent to obligation or duty.
    obsolete
  2. Not officious; not civil or attentive.
    obsolete
  3. Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
    obsolete

Examples

“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.”
“the inofficious testament”
“an inofficious disposition of his fortune”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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