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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Undiscrete,) Undiscreit(t, adj. Also: undiscreet, undescreit. [ME and e.m.E. vndiscrete (Rolle), vndiscreet (Wyclif); Discret(e adj.] Indiscreet; injudicious. a. Of persons. b. Of actions or behaviour.Cf. Indiscreit adj.a. Dunb. in Devot. Pieces 4/91.
Off incontricioun, of confessour vndiscreit [M. confessioun indiscreit] … I cry thé marcy & laser to repent c1590 Fowler I 328/10.
I hate the traitur Bourguigion and Frenshman vndiscreit 1595–6 Edinb. B. Rec. V 152.
He fand nane swa undiscreitt that wald gif him na mair nor the dewty of his contractb. 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 400.
I dreid the Kyng that syttith heych abone On ȝow prencis sall mak sore punischement … for vndescreit geuyng c1590 Fowler II 82/1.
Having all the portes of Italye closed aganst him (be the fresh memoire of the vndiscreit handlings & actions off his predecessour) a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 332.
Of your awin undiscreit malice, ye have takin and empreasonit thre strayngers a1686 Turner Mem. 189.
The king … was easilie induced to beleeve that … my undiscreet zeale, had occasiond the commotion