shamelessnessn.
/ˈʃeɪmlɪsnɪs/ 1. The quality of being destitute of shame or modesty; impudence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > shamelessness
unshamefulnessc950
unshamefastness?a1400
shamelessness1540
unshameless1555
shamefastness1589
unshamefacedness1596
flagrancy1599
blatancy1610
flagrance1634
brass1642
frontlessness1698
barefacedness1702
bronze1729
coolness1751
shamefacedness1827
bold-facedness1832
brazenness1861
unblushingness1891
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus Prol. sig. Bijv But I here whysperynges amongest you, I wote not what, of a new shamelesnesse.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 713 There sate a peece of shamelesnesse, whose flaring Attires and looks, did show a monstrous daring.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxvi*. 85 Here's Shamelessness for you.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 44 Both were abashed by the lad's utter shamelessness.
2. In a good or neutral sense: Freedom from shame, unashamedness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > naturalness or lack of constraint
unconstrainedness1656
shamelessness1667
unconstraint1713
self-abandonment1811
abandon1815
abandonment1834
self-abandon1837
free-and-easiness1842
1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. vi. 191 That is very consequentially done, Euistor, to that simple shamelessness of being stark naked.
1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 49 Let Wine..train him to a well-bred shamelesness [printed Shamefulness; corrected in Errata].
1901 Edinb. Rev. July 68 The splendid shamelessness of the early Greeks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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