单词 | misbeseem |
释义 | † misbeseemv. Obsolete (archaic in later use). transitive. To be unfitting for or unbecoming to; = misbecome v.In early use frequently in the present participle with an object. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] mis-seema1500 misbecome1530 misbeseem1594 unbefit1621 disbecome1632 unbeseema1657 1594 G. Peele Battell of Alcazar sig. B4v Vnhonorable is this expedition, And misbeseeming yoo to meddle in. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. Postscr. 102 One thinkes it mis-beseeming the Author, because a Poem, another vnlawfull in it selfe because a Satyre. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. v. 97 Neither can this action misbeseeme the worthinesse of so glorious a peece. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix (title page) The penning, acting, and frequenting of Stage-playes..are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. 1773 S. Johnson Note on Hamlet iii. ii, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakespeare (rev. ed.) X. 246 Nor..would it much misbeseem us to remember..that we likewise are men. 1869 Appletons' Jrnl. 9 Oct. 234 Not a word fell from him that misbeseemed his chivalrous calling. 1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights IX. 336 Examples of Mohammedan fervour..that would not have misbeseemed the strictest epochs of religious enthusiasm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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