† disbecomev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To misbecome; to be unbefitting for or unworthy of.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)]
mis-seema1500
misbecome1530
misbeseem1594
unbefit1621
disbecome1632
unbeseema1657
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry v. ii. 168 [Lest] your compassion..Move you to any thing, that may dis-become The place on which you sit.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxix. 163 No calling..can so much disbecome a man, or reproach and abase him..then this of having no calling.
Derivatives
disbeˈcoming adj. unbecoming, unbefitting.
ΘΚΠ
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
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxiv. 174 This forgetfulnesse..is a most disbecomming vice.
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