单词 | unmodest |
释义 | unmodestadj. = immodest adj. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > immodest impudentc1386 petulant1538 unmodest1565 immodest1590 Jezebelical1625 Jezebelish1645 impudicous1657 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Immodestus A saucie and vnmodest kinde of iestyng. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiii. sig. Dd5 This breaking of my harte..will make you (I hope) think I was not altogether vnmodest. 1623 F. Rous Oile of Scorpions 172 Nothing is more contrarie to Nakednesse then Cold and Raine, and these heeretofore haue met this vnmodest Nakednesse. a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 115 A scandal against..on of the ministers of Edinburgh, of unmodest and undecent carriage towards Mistris Euphame Scot. 1835 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 341/1 I've seen some misled that was neither bould nor unmodest. 1899 Science 14 Apr. 554/1 The most brazen, unmodest woman fears exposure. 1927 Charleston Gaz. Nov. 11 6/3 Bicycle riding by women, called unmodest. 2006 E. Albert How this Night is Different 42 As an unmarried woman, Batya herself is still allowed to walk around uncovered. Hair, see, is erotic. Unmodest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1565 |
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