Word Meanings - WIZARDLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird.
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- WEIRD
Fates, fr. weor to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, 1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. 2. A spell or charm. Sir W. Scott. - WIZARD
1. A wise man; a sage. See how from far upon the eastern road The star-led wizards haste with odors sweet! Milton. 2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. The wily wizard must be caught. Dryden. - WEIRDNESS
The quality or state of being weird. - BECOME
happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional - WIZARDLY
Resembling or becoming a wizard; wizardlike; weird. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - BECOMED
Proper; decorous. And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak. - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - BECOMINGLY
In a becoming manner. - BECOMINGNESS
The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew. - RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak. - RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower. - BECOMING
Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming tone. Thackeray. Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden. Syn. -- Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper. - RESEMBLER
One who resembles. - WIZARDRY
The character or practices o "He acquired a reputation bordering on wizardry." J. A. Symonds. - RESEMBLANCE
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. - UNBECOMING
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n. - UNBECOME
To misbecome. Bp. Sherlock. - MISBECOMING
Unbecoming. Milton. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ness, n. Boyle. - MISBECOME
Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to. Macaulay. Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison. - DISBECOME
To misbecome. Massinger.