DISHONEST, adjective Dizonest. [dis and honest.] 1. Void of honesty; destitute of probity, integrity or good faith; faithless; fraudulent; knavish; having or exercising a disposition to deceive, cheat and defraud; applied to persons; as a dishonest man. 2. Proceeding from fraud or marked by it; fraudulent; knavish; as a dishonest transaction. 3. Disgraced; dishonored; from the sense in Latin. DISHONEST with lopped arms the youth appears. 4. Disgraceful; ignominious; from the Latin sense. Inglorious triumphs, and dishonest scars. 5. Unchaste; lewd.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI