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befit

English

Etymology

be- +? fit

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b??f?t/

Verb

befit (third-person singular simple present befits, present participle befitting, simple past and past participle befitted or befit)

  1. to be fit for

Synonyms

  • behoove

Translations

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unsisterly

English

Etymology

un- +? sisterly

Adjective

unsisterly (comparative more unsisterly, superlative most unsisterly)

  1. Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume I, Letter 43,[1]
      […] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.
    • 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter 6,[2]
      Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]
    • 1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, Chapter 1,[3]
      Felicity tossed her golden head and shot an unsisterly glance at Dan.

Derived terms

  • unsisterliness

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