shamefast
UK/ˈʃeɪmfɑːst/
shamefast adjective: bashful, modest; shy.
Adjective
shamefast (comparative more shamefast, superlative most shamefast)
- Bashful, modest; shy.
- With chaunge of cheare the seeming simple maid / Let fall her eyen, as shamefast to the earth […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Novv vvhen as vvine had drovvned and drouſed the underſtanding: vvhen the night ſeaſon, vvhen the entermingling of men and vvomen together one vvith another (and namely, they of young and tender yeeres, vvith thoſe of elder age) had cleane put out & extinguiſhed all reſpect and regard of ſhamefaſt...1600, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXXIX]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, pages 1027–1028
Forms of shamefast
| comparative | more shamefast |
|---|---|
| superlative | most shamefast |
Origin of shamefast
From Middle English schamefast, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), corresponding to shame + fast.
Words formed from shamefast
Questions about shamefast
- What does shamefast mean?
- Shamefast means bashful, modest; shy.
- What part of speech is shamefast?
- Shamefast is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce shamefast?
- Shamefast is pronounced /ˈʃeɪmfɑːst/ (UK).
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