单词 | misbecomingness |
释义 | † misbecomingnessn. Obsolete. An unbecoming, unsuitable, or unfitting quality or characteristic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] unconablenessa1340 unseemlinessc1380 ungrace1430 disconveniencec1450 unlikelinessc1485 wangrace1513 unseemingness1540 uncomeliness1542 indecency1589 undecency1589 unhandsomeness1598 unbeseemingness1623 misbecomingness1644 unbecomingness1652 indecorum1664 indecence1714 impropriety1751 indecorousness1811 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 255 One great misbecomingnesse he was apt to fall into, whiles he spoke: which was an vncertainty in the tone of his voyce. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Ep. Ded. 'Tis a misbecomingness to have a doing Philosophy set forth by a talking Philosopher. a1704 J. Locke Notes Ephes. v. 3 in Wks. (1714) III. 376 What indecency or misbecomingness is it among Christians to name covetousness? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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