Disloyal

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: dɪsˈlɔɪ(j)əɫ

Origin

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desleal, desloial

Full definition of disloyal

Adjective

1. without loyalty; faithless, traitorous.
• 1623, William Shakespeare, , Act i, scene 1,O disloyal thing, That shouldst repair my youth, thou heap'st A year's age on me.

Related terms

• disloyalty
• disloyally