Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beseeming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-seem-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Becoming, befitting, suitable.

noun

Appearance; look.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

gerund of beseem: a comely appearance; attractiveness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of beseem

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Her Veſt, with Flow'rs of Gold embroider'd o'er, / With Grief diſtreſs'd, the mournful Matron tore, / And a beſeeming Suit of gloomy Sable wore."
"I am Sir / The Souldier that did company theſe three / In poor beſeeming: 't was a fitment for / The purpoſe I then follow'd."
"His sword fell from his grasp—his eye, late glaring with the ire of a stricken tiger,—his brow, late speaking but death, and dark defiance, suddenly sank into the soft beseeming of gratefulness, and of betokened kindness and feeling."

Etymology

Etymology tree English beseem Middle English -ynge English -ing English beseeming From beseem + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more beseeming (comparative) most beseeming (superlative) beseemings (plural)

Derived Forms

beseemingly beseemingness

Questions

What does beseeming mean?: Becoming, befitting, suitable.
Where does beseeming come from?: Etymology tree English beseem Middle English -ynge English -ing English beseeming From beseem + -ing.

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