misseem

/mɪsˈsiːm/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

verb

To be unbecoming to; not to suit.

Literary

"Ne certes, daughter, that same warlike wize, / I weene, would you misseeme; for ye beene tall, / And large of limbe t'atchieve an hard emprize [...]."

From mis- + seem.

misseems (present, singular) misseeming (participle, present) misseemed (participle, past) misseemed (past)

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How do you pronounce misseem?

The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈsiːm/.

What does misseem mean?

To be unbecoming to; not to suit.

Where does misseem come from?

From mis- + seem.

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