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verecund

UK/ˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/

verecund adjective: modest.

Adjective

verecund (comparative more verecund, superlative most verecund)

  1. (literary, poetic, rare) modest
  2. (rare) bashful

verecund meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

verecund in Tamil

பணிவுடைய

verecund in Urdu

محجوب, شرمیلا

verecund in Bengali

বিনয়ী, লাজুক

Forms of verecund

comparativemore verecund
superlativemost verecund

Origin of verecund

Learned borrowing from Latin verēcundus (“shy, modest”).

Words formed from verecund

Questions about verecund

What does verecund mean?
Verecund means modest.
What is verecund in Tamil?
Verecund in Tamil is பணிவுடைய. See Verecund meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is verecund?
Verecund is an adjective.
How do you pronounce verecund?
Verecund is pronounced /ˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/ (UK).

Words near verecund in the dictionary

  1. Verdusco
  2. Verduscos
  3. Verduzco
  4. Verduzcos
  5. Vere
  6. verecund
  7. verecundious
  8. verecundity
  9. vereda
  10. veredas
  11. veredicta

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: verecund (page history and authors); verecund (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verecund (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verecund (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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