† unseemadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= unseemly adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]
unthewfulc1050
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unseeminga1340
unseemc1425
untowardly1483
indecent1570
unbeseeming1583
uncivil1586
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unhandsome1645
untoward1658
incorrect1672
indecorous1682
outré1722
improper1739
indelicate1741
unproper1797
pah1835
it is not (frequently isn't) done1879
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
c1425 in Anglia VIII. 139/11 Vnmesurabil laghter or vnsem and vnmanerly berynge of body.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
unseemv.
intransitive. Not to seem or appear. Only in present participle.
ΚΠ
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 155 You..wrong the reputation of your name, In so vnseeming to confesse receit, Of that which hath so faithfully been paide. View more context for this quotation
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