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“uncharitable” in Latin
dūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousinhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteousmalitiōsusmalicious, wicked; crafty; spiteful
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
uncharitable
durus (hard, etc.; of persons or things): inhumanus: humanitatis expers (rough, with no human softness, etc.; the latter only of persons): non beneficus neque liberalis (not ready to do kind and liberal actions): malitiosus (having or proceeding from the desire of hurting another; of persons or things; e.g., juris interpretatio, Cic.). To put an uncharitable construction on anything, aliquid male interpretari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for uncharitable?
- The usual Latin words for “uncharitable” are dūrus, inhūmānus, malitiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.