unmeet
English
Etymology
From Middle English unmete, vnmete, unimete, from Old English unġemǣte, unmǣte (“immense, enormous; unsuitable”), equivalent to un- + meet (“fit, right”).
Adjective
unmeet (comparative more unmeet, superlative most unmeet)
- (archaic) Not proper
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1
- [...] O, my father!
- Prove you that any man with me convers'd
- At hours unmeet, or that I yesternight
- Maintain'd the change of words with any creature,
- Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death.
Derived terms
Translations
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