MISBECOME

Etymology

Verb

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



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Word of the Day

19 May 2025

CHEMICAL

(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; “chemical fertilizer”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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