mis-seemv.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈsiːm/, U.S.

/ˌmɪ(s)ˈsim/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and seem v.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, seem v.²

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + seem v.² Compare mis-seeming adj.

literary.

transitive. To be unbecoming or unbefitting to.

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

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 62 Ne wost þou noght þat yt myssemys þi dignite..whanne þou swerys?

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. vi. 108 Nor it sall neuir me irk, na ȝit misseme, The worthy Dido to hald in fresche memory.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee5^v Ne certes daughter that same warlike wize I weene, would you misseeme.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. iv. 211 He hath at least lent him nothing that doth belie him, or mis-seem him.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 57 Divines ought not hold any opinion (it mis-seemeth their profession so to hold) which hath no footing in Scripture.

1819 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 523 A spirit that would not have misseemed the most illustrious of her ancestry.

1836 T. Carlyle in Academy (1898) 17 Sept. 272/1 His head is getting a shade of grey..which does not mis~seem him, but looks very well.

1872 S. Ferguson Congal v. 143 ‘The red blood on thy cheek’, Said Ardan, ‘maid, mis-seems thee not’.

1903 A. Austin Flodden Field ii. 102 'Twould mis-seem me to forget to thank Your Majesty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mis-seem
释义	mis-seemv. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈsiːm/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈsim/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and seem v.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, seem v.² Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + seem v.² Compare mis-seeming adj. literary. transitive. To be unbecoming or unbefitting to. 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 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 62 Ne wost þou noght þat yt myssemys þi dignite..whanne þou swerys? a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. vi. 108 Nor it sall neuir me irk, na ȝit misseme, The worthy Dido to hald in fresche memory. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee5^v Ne certes daughter that same warlike wize I weene, would you misseeme. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. iv. 211 He hath at least lent him nothing that doth belie him, or mis-seem him. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 57 Divines ought not hold any opinion (it mis-seemeth their profession so to hold) which hath no footing in Scripture. 1819 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 523 A spirit that would not have misseemed the most illustrious of her ancestry. 1836 T. Carlyle in Academy (1898) 17 Sept. 272/1 His head is getting a shade of grey..which does not mis~seem him, but looks very well. 1872 S. Ferguson Congal v. 143 ‘The red blood on thy cheek’, Said Ardan, ‘maid, mis-seems thee not’. 1903 A. Austin Flodden Field ii. 102 'Twould mis-seem me to forget to thank Your Majesty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1500
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