immodesty
immodesty noun: the state of being immodest; a lack of modesty.
Noun
immodesty (usually uncountable, plural immodesties)
- The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty.
- The genitals, privates.
- No sooner were we seated in this place, but two Girls about twelve years old enter'd at the same Gate whereat we came in; they were all naked, (as, I said above, the Women generally go) saving that they had a very small blew cloth wrap'd about their immodesties [translating vergogne], and their...1665, Pietro Della Valle, “From Goa, January 31. 1624”, in George Havers, transl., The Travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta, page 183
immodesty meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
immodesty in Hindi
- state of being immodest
- निर्लज्जता nirlajjatā
immodesty in Tamil
- அநாகரிகம், பண்பின்மை, நாணக்கேடு, தெற்றெனவு, தோதகம், துராசாரம்
immodesty in Urdu
- بےحیائی, بےپردگی, بےشرمی
Forms of immodesty
| plural | immodesties |
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Origin of immodesty
From im- + modesty or immodest + -y.
Questions about immodesty
- What does immodesty mean?
- Immodesty means the state of being immodest; a lack of modesty.
- What is immodesty in Hindi?
- Immodesty in Hindi is निर्लज्जता (nirlajjatā). See Immodesty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is immodesty?
- Immodesty is a noun.
- What is the plural of immodesty?
- The plural of immodesty is immodesties.
Words near immodesty in the dictionary
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