dishonesta.[Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. dshonnte, OF. deshoneste.]1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.()Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. (Pope.)Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. (Sir T. North.)2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.()Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. (Dryden.)3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.()4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.()To get dishonest gain. (Ezek. xxii. 27.)The dishonest profits of men in office. (Bancroft.)v. t.[Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.()I will no longer dishonest my house. (Chapman.)