What does "illiberal" mean?
Illiberal: Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
Additional senses
- 2.Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.] Chesterfield.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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