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dislikelihood
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English
Etymology
From dis- + likelihood.
Noun
dislikelihood (uncountable)
- (obsolete) improbability
- Synonym: unlikelihood
- 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
- “ But consider , Chiffie , the dislikelihood of her pleasing , ” said the noble courtier.
References
- “dislikelihood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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