"incony" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪŋˈkʌni/ Forms: more incony [comparative], most incony [superlative]
Etymology: Compare conny, canny, unco. Head templates: {{en-adj}} incony (comparative more incony, superlative most incony)
  1. (obsolete) unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-incony-en-adj-d0hpeinU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "Compare conny, canny, unco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more incony",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most incony",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
          "text": "Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1599 (first performance; published 1600), Thomas Dekker, “The Shomakers Holiday. Or The Gentle Craft. […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume I, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv, page 60:",
          "text": "Lincolne. Where are they married! dost thou know the Church!\nFirke. I never goe to Church, but I know the name of it, it is a swearing Church, stay a while, 'tis, I by the mas: no, no tis I by my troth, no nor that, tis I by my faith, that that, tis I by my Faiths Church under Paules Crosse, there they shall bee knit like a paire of stockings in matrimony, there theyle be incony.",
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        }
      ],
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        "unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate"
      ],
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          "unlearned",
          "unlearned"
        ],
        [
          "artless",
          "artless"
        ],
        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈkʌni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incony"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Compare conny, canny, unco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more incony",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most incony",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
          "text": "Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1599 (first performance; published 1600), Thomas Dekker, “The Shomakers Holiday. Or The Gentle Craft. […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume I, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv, page 60:",
          "text": "Lincolne. Where are they married! dost thou know the Church!\nFirke. I never goe to Church, but I know the name of it, it is a swearing Church, stay a while, 'tis, I by the mas: no, no tis I by my troth, no nor that, tis I by my faith, that that, tis I by my Faiths Church under Paules Crosse, there they shall bee knit like a paire of stockings in matrimony, there theyle be incony.",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "unlearned",
          "unlearned"
        ],
        [
          "artless",
          "artless"
        ],
        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈkʌni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incony"
}

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