† befittingnessn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being fitting; appropriateness.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety
righteousnessOE
duea1425
properness1531
decency1567
dueness1576
decorum1586
fitness1597
orthotes1605
propriety1612
befittingnessa1645
beseemlinessa1645
fittingness1653
becomeness1656
beseemingness1656
becomingness1657
condecency1662
competibleness1667
decence1678
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. v. 9 To discerne what the befittingnesse of her condition permitted.
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