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misbeˈcoming, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ing2, or f. mis-1 2 + becoming ppl. a.]
Not becoming, unbecoming, unsuitable, unfitting.
1611Cotgr., Messeant, ill-fitting, ill-suiting, misbecoming. 1634Milton Comus 372 As that the single want of light and noise..Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into mis-becoming plight. 1651T. Stanley Poems 62 Cast off for shame ungentle maid That misbecoming joy thou wearst. 1707Norris Treat. Humility v. 213 Pride is never so odious and misbecoming as now. 1743Fielding J. Wild iii. xiv, It is..very far from being an improper or misbecoming habitation. 1820Scott Abbot xi, When a paroxysm of laughter has seized him at a misbecoming time and place. |