misbeseem

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verb

To be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit.

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Meanings

verbmisbeseem (third-person singular simple present misbeseems, present participle misbeseeming, simple past and past participle misbeseemed)

present singular third person misbeseems · participle present misbeseeming · participle past misbeseemed · past misbeseemed

  1. archaictransitiveTo be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit.

    Herald Boast like to this, laden to the full with truth, misbeseems not the speech of a noble wife.

    1926, Herbert Weir Smyth, “Agamemnon”, in Aeschylus, with an English translation, volume II, page 53

Origin

From mis- + beseem.

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APA

misbeseem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misbeseem

MLA

“misbeseem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misbeseem. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misbeseem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misbeseem.

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