† beseemedadj.
Obsolete.
Having an appearance (of such a kind), appearing, looking; = beseen at besee v.; esp. in well-beseemed. (Cf. also well-behaved adj. 1, well-spoken adj. 1.)
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > having specific appearance
huedc1000
beseemeda1250
lookingc1330
well-faringc1330
well-beseenc1374
farranda1400
homely?a1439
ill-favoured1530
seeming1590
looked1597
ill-looking1633
complexioned1639
ill-lookeda1640
leonine1660
plain-looking1744
natural-looking1810
anthropoid1881
thuggish-looking1903
new look1950
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 842 Þine wordes beoþ..so bisemed and biliked.
a1440 Ipomydon 353 Ther was non..So wele besemyd, doughty of hand.
a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 720 Ther was no prynce..That was so semely vndur schylde, Nor bettur besemyd a knyght.
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adj.a1250- truffière
- truffle
- truffle bed
- truffle beetle
- truffle butter
- truffle dog
- truffle fly
- truffle ground
- truffle hound
- truffle hunter
- truffle hunting
- truffle oil
- truffle pie
- truffle pig
- truffle sauce
- truffle-gatherer
- truffle-grower
- truffle-like
- truffle-scented
- truffle-stuffed
- truffle-worm
- truffled
- trufflegatherer
- trufflegrower
- trufflelike