inverecund
/ɪnˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/
inverecund
English
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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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