misbecome (third-person singular simple present misbecomes, present participle misbecoming, simple past misbecame, past participle misbecome)
(transitive, obsolete) To be unsuitable for; not to befit.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis`be*come", v. t.
Definition: Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to. Macaulay. Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
