unseeming
English
Etymology
Verb
unseeming
- (obsolete) hesitating; scrupling
- (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (act 2, scene 1)
- You wrong the reputation of your name,
In so unseeming to confess receipt
Of that which hath so faithfully been paid.
- You wrong the reputation of your name,
- (Can we date this quote?), William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (act 2, scene 1)
Adjective
unseeming (comparative more unseeming, superlative most unseeming)
- (proscribed) unseemly; inappropriate, or showing bad manners