mis-seemingadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈsiːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌmɪ(s)ˈsimɪŋ/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and seeming adj.; also Middle English misemand (in a late copy).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis-seem v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mis-seem v. + -ing suffix². Compare seeming adj.

literary. Now rare.

Unbecoming, unseemly; incongruous; ill-seeming.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]

unbecomelyc1200

uncomelyc1230

unsetec1325

unconablea1340

unhonestc1380

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

disconvenienta1425

unjustc1443

unconvenient1450

unsoundablec1450

inconvenientc1460

unorderly1471

mis-seeminga1522

unconvenable1542

undecent1546

ungreeing1560

graceless1562

unsetting1567

unhovable1570

ill1586

uncouth1589

unfittinga1592

unbeseeming1593

seemless1596

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

ill-seta1627

unbeseemly1648

ungainlya1660

indecorous1681

paw-paw1723

ungain-like1796

jive1971

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]

unbecomelyc1200

uncomelyc1230

unseemlya1300

unsetec1325

unseemly1338

unconablea1340

unseeminga1340

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unseemc1425

unjustc1443

unconvenient1450

unsoundablec1450

unhonestc1503

inconvenienta1513

mis-seeminga1522

unconvenable1542

undecent1546

graceless1562

unsetting1567

indecent1570

misbecoming1589

misbeseeming1589

uncouth1589

unbeseeming1593

seemless1596

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

wry1601

disbecominga1639

unbeseemly1648

improper1739

ugly1879

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly

unthewfulc1050

unbecomelyc1200

unhend?c1225

uncomelyc1230

unseemlya1300

unsetec1325

unconablea1340

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unlikelya1425

unconvenient1450

unsoundablec1450

unorderly1471

unhonestc1503

inconvenienta1513

mis-seeminga1522

unconvenable1542

undecent1546

unsetting1567

indecent1570

uncouth1589

unfittinga1592

unbeseeming1593

seemless1596

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

unbeseemly1648

untoward1658

indecorous1682

ungain-like1796

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 409 He..haldis mis~semyng, Ay word by word to reduce ony thing.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. i. 63 Of blude and frendschip na thyng myssemand [L. nec genus indecores].

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H8 For neuer knight I saw in such misseeming plight.

c1590 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Coll. Oxf. 64(2)) (1884) lxxii. 15 Lo, this misemand thing folous.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxvi. 114 A thing which would no whit be mis-seeming or vndecent.

1991 ELH 58 774 A play otherwise fraught with illusion and mis-seeming nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mis-seeming
释义	mis-seemingadj. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈsiːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈsimɪŋ/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and seeming adj.; also Middle English misemand (in a late copy). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis-seem v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < mis-seem v. + -ing suffix². Compare seeming adj. literary. Now rare. Unbecoming, unseemly; incongruous; ill-seeming. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective] unbecomelyc1200 uncomelyc1230 unsetec1325 unconablea1340 unhonestc1380 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 disconvenienta1425 unjustc1443 unconvenient1450 unsoundablec1450 inconvenientc1460 unorderly1471 mis-seeminga1522 unconvenable1542 undecent1546 ungreeing1560 graceless1562 unsetting1567 unhovable1570 ill1586 uncouth1589 unfittinga1592 unbeseeming1593 seemless1596 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 ill-seta1627 unbeseemly1648 ungainlya1660 indecorous1681 paw-paw1723 ungain-like1796 jive1971 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] unbecomelyc1200 uncomelyc1230 unseemlya1300 unsetec1325 unseemly1338 unconablea1340 unseeminga1340 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unseemc1425 unjustc1443 unconvenient1450 unsoundablec1450 unhonestc1503 inconvenienta1513 mis-seeminga1522 unconvenable1542 undecent1546 graceless1562 unsetting1567 indecent1570 misbecoming1589 misbeseeming1589 uncouth1589 unbeseeming1593 seemless1596 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 wry1601 disbecominga1639 unbeseemly1648 improper1739 ugly1879 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly unthewfulc1050 unbecomelyc1200 unhend?c1225 uncomelyc1230 unseemlya1300 unsetec1325 unconablea1340 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unlikelya1425 unconvenient1450 unsoundablec1450 unorderly1471 unhonestc1503 inconvenienta1513 mis-seeminga1522 unconvenable1542 undecent1546 unsetting1567 indecent1570 uncouth1589 unfittinga1592 unbeseeming1593 seemless1596 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 unbeseemly1648 untoward1658 indecorous1682 ungain-like1796 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 409 He..haldis mis~semyng, Ay word by word to reduce ony thing. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. i. 63 Of blude and frendschip na thyng myssemand [L. nec genus indecores]. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H8 For neuer knight I saw in such misseeming plight. c1590 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Coll. Oxf. 64(2)) (1884) lxxii. 15 Lo, this misemand thing folous. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxvi. 114 A thing which would no whit be mis-seeming or vndecent. 1991 ELH 58 774 A play otherwise fraught with illusion and mis-seeming nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1522
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