10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNBECOMINGNESS»
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1
A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities
Unbecomingness. and. Salubrious. Laughter. Several classes of sexualized
beings develop in the Roman period, often with clear apotropaic functions. One
of these, Priapus, is an agricultural deity of Near Eastern origins. In the Roman
period, ...
2
Summa Theologica (Part 2.2)
Reply Obj. 2: Persons are related by affinity through one who is related by
consanguinity: and therefore since the one depends on the other, consanguinity
and affinity entail the same kind of unbecomingness. Reply Obj. 3: There is
something ...
3
Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)
Nevertheless this unbecomingness is outweighed by necessity: and for this
reason such persons can plead either their own cause or that of persons closely
connected with them. Moreover, clerics can be advocates in the cause of their
own ...
4
A dictionary of the English & French and French & English ...
Inconvennble, a. unsuitable ; unbe- com ing Inconvenablement, ad. unsuitably
Inconvenance, sf. unbecomingness Inconvenant, e. a. unbecoming; contrary to
decorum Inconvenient, sm. inconvenience Inconvertible, Inconvertissabble, ...
Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, 1861
5
The "Summa theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas
Nevertheless this unbecomingness is outweighed by necessity: and for this
reason such persons can plead either their own cause or that of persons closely
connected with them. Moreover, clerics can be advocates in the cause of their
own ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), 1918
6
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... conventional, formal ant decorous indecorousness n syn IMPROPRIETY 1,
incorrectness, indecorum, inelegance, unbecomingness, unmeetness,
unseemliness, untowardness ant decorousness indecorum n I syn FAUX PAS,
blooper, boner ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
7
Christian charity explained; or, The influence of religion ...
Unbecomingness may be considered also not only in a general point of view, but
as having a reference to our conduct towards our brethren, and may mean
anything unsuitable to, or out of character with, our profession as church
members.
UNBECOMING, an-bc-kam'-lng. a. Indecent; unsuitable ; indecorous. Shakfpeare
. UNBECOMINGLY*, an-be-kfim'-lng-le. ad. In an unsuitable or improper manner.
Barrow. UNBECOMINGNESS, An-bc-kAra'-lug-nes. n. «. Indecency; indecorum ...
Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers, 1835
9
Diamond Gem English Dictionary
... unbecomingness. indecent a. immodest; obscene; unbecoming.
indecipherable a. incapable of beingdeciphered, illegible. indecision n. want of
decision; hesitation. indecisive a. uncertain; settling nothing; hesitant. indecorous
a. unseemly; ...
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A dictionary of the Bhotanta or Boutan language, printed ...
&7|'*/*i'ZJ> indecency, unbecomingness, immodesty, the absence of shame.
jIqTWZJQ' indecent, unbecoming, immodest, unsecm- »y. ^ i^'W'l*;. idem. ^«J|'*r^-
a^*ZJ, unbecoming, improper, unseemly; inder cencv, unbecomingness ; not to
do ...
Friedrich Christian G. Schroeter, John Clark Marshman, William Carey, 1826
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The secret history of 19th century cyclists
As the ranks of female cyclists grew, conservative opinion which stated the 'unbecomingness' of a woman being sat astride a machine which she propelled with ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
