unseemliness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English unseemly

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English unseemliness

From unseemly + -ness.

Noun

unseemliness (countable and uncountable, plural unseemlinesses)

1. The state of being unseemly.

   Synonyms: immorality, indecency, unvirtuousness; see also Thesaurus:improbity

   Antonym: seemliness

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:

     Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour.

Translations

State

• French: malséance (fr) f
• Polish: nieodpowiedniość f, niewłaściwość f, niestosowność (pl) f