Unscramble

u 1 n 1 s 1 e 1 e 1 m 3 l 1 y 4

8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

originFrom Middle English unsemli, probably a partial calque of Old Norse úsǽmiligr (“unseemly”); equivalent to un- + seemly. Cognate with Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”), Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”), Danish usømmelig (“unseemly”), German unziemlich.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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