What does misbecome mean?

Definitions for misbecome
ˌmɪs bɪˈkʌmmis·be·come

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  1. misbecomeverb

    To be unsuitable, unbefitting, or maladapted.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Misbecomeverb

    Not to become; to be unseemly; not to suit.

    Etymology: mis and become.

    Either she has a possibility in that which I think impossible, or else impossible loves need not misbecome me. Philip Sidney.

    What to the dauphin from England?
    —— Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt,
    And any thing that may not misbecome
    The mighty sender. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

    That boldness which lads get amongst their play-fellows, has such a mixture of rudeness and an ill-turn’d confidence, that those misbecoming and disingenuous ways of shifting in the world must be unlearned to make way for better principles. John Locke.

    Portius, thou may’st rely upon my conduct;
    Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Misbecomeverb

    not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Misbecome

    mis-be-kum′, v.t. not to suit or befit: to be unfitting.—adj. Misbecom′ing, unbecoming.—n. an impropriety.—n. Misbecom′ingness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misbecome in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misbecome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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