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misbecome

verb

Etymology

From mis- + become.

  1. inherited from *bikwemaną✻
  2. inherited from becuman — “to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”
  3. inherited from becomen
  4. prefixed as misbecome — “mis + become”

Definitions

  1. To be unsuitable for

    To be unsuitable for; not to befit.

    • It misbecame him to appear in the character of a mediator of peace, in a quarrel, the futility of which he had presumed to judge and hastily condemn.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA