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† unˈsitting, ppl. a. Obs.
[un-1 10.]
Unbecoming, unfitting. (Common c 1390–1550.)
Freq. in later eds. misread or misprinted as unfitting: cf. the note to unfitting.
c1390Chaucer Troylus ii. 307 Were it þyng þat me þoughte vnsittynge To yow nold I no suche tales brynge. 1390Gower Conf. III. 143 It were an unsittende thing. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2361 Þat vn-to hygh degre, Vnsittynge is to swere in any wise. 1456T. Beckington Corr. (Rolls) II. 144 The unsittyng, unleful, and unlawful quarell. 1533More Apol. xii. Wks. 872/1 The priestes agaynste laye people..haue vsed..to speake vnsyttyng woordes. 1567Turberv. Epit., etc. 91 Vlysses wiues renowne Unsitting is for hir whose loue endureth but a stowne. 1585Holinshed Descr. Scotl. Ded., It is much vnsitting for him that professeth Diuinitie, to applie his time any otherwise.
Hence † unˈsittingly adv. Obs.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2349 As he þat custumably Clappith and ianglith..Moot othir while speke vnsittyngly. Ibid. 3639 Fresche apparaile and herte leccherous Unsittynly ben in a Prince ioynt. 1476Paston Lett. III. 153 It was nott thowght..that I dalt onkyndly or onsyttyngly, but that I was moor onresonably dalte with. |