inverecund

/ɪnˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/

inverecund

English Adj
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Definition

Immodest; shameless.

Etymology

From Latin inverecundus, from in- + verecundus (“modest”), from vereri (“to revere”).

Example Sentences

  • "Only in puerice do we possess the inverecund innocence of our primaeval progenitors."
  • "[…] if an inverecund habit shall have gradually traduced the honourable by ancestors transmitted customs […]"
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