misruly

English

Etymology

From Middle English misrewle, misruly, mysrewly, mysrule; equivalent to mis- +‎ ruly.

Adjective

misruly (comparative more misruly, superlative most misruly)

  1. (obsolete) unruly
    • 1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:
      […] While no man seeketh to reflect the wrong, / And curb the range of his misruly tongue?
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