immerit

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ merit.

Noun

immerit (uncountable)

  1. Lack of worth; demerit.
    • a. 1641, John Suckling, a letter [to unknown]
      When I receive your lines, my dear Princess, and find there expressions of a passion; though reason and my own immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the cozenage so pleasing to me […]
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