unbeseemv.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 7a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unbeˈseem.

1. transitive. To be unseemly or unbecoming for (a person); to suit (one) badly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [verb (transitive)]

mis-seema1500

unbefit1621

unbeseema1657

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)]

mis-seema1500

misbecome1530

misbeseem1594

unbefit1621

disbecome1632

unbeseema1657

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > be unseemly for

missita1393

mis-seema1500

unbefit1621

unbeseema1657

a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 30 I..write his Letters, and [do] whatever else that unbeseems not his command or my obedience.

1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. Pref. sig. A ij Passionate emotions, personal reflexions, or whatever may unbeseem one that lies under essential obligation [etc.].

1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xii Whom it ne'er unbeseem'd to bear foot in the dance.

2. To fail in, fall short of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc.

to be wanting to1539

unbeseem1814

1814 Ld. Byron To Ianthe in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) i. 4 Ah! may'st thou ever be what now thou art, Nor unbeseem the promise of thy spring.

1870 E. Creasy Hist. Eng. II. 336 But he soon unbeseemed that promise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unbeseem
释义	unbeseemv. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 7a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unbeˈseem. 1. transitive. To be unseemly or unbecoming for (a person); to suit (one) badly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [verb (transitive)] mis-seema1500 unbefit1621 unbeseema1657 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] mis-seema1500 misbecome1530 misbeseem1594 unbefit1621 disbecome1632 unbeseema1657 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > be unseemly for missita1393 mis-seema1500 unbefit1621 unbeseema1657 a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 30 I..write his Letters, and [do] whatever else that unbeseems not his command or my obedience. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. Pref. sig. A ij Passionate emotions, personal reflexions, or whatever may unbeseem one that lies under essential obligation [etc.]. 1846 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace ii. xii Whom it ne'er unbeseem'd to bear foot in the dance. 2. To fail in, fall short of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc. to be wanting to1539 unbeseem1814 1814 Ld. Byron To Ianthe in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) i. 4 Ah! may'st thou ever be what now thou art, Nor unbeseem the promise of thy spring. 1870 E. Creasy Hist. Eng. II. 336 But he soon unbeseemed that promise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.a1657
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