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ˈseemless, a. Obs. exc. arch.
Also 6–7 se(e)meless, (7 seeme-les).
[f. seem v.2 (assumed to be the source of seemly a.) + -less.]
Unseemly; shameful; unfitting.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. ii. 25 Thence he her drew By the faire lockes, and fowly did array..That Artegall him selfe her seemelesse plight did rew. 1609B. Jonson Case is Altered iii. vii, And here I vow, Neuer to dreame of seemeles amorous toyes. 1615Chapman Odyss. xx. 397 The Prince..did his Father place..in a Seate Seemelesse, and abiect. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 116 Maimed with seemless wound [L. inhonesto vulnere]. |