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† ˈhontous, a. Obs.
Also 5 hountouse, hounteous.
[a. OF. hontos, -us, -ous, -eus, mod.F. honteux, f. honte (from Teutonic: cf. Goth. hauniþa, OHG. hônida, hônda) shame, disgrace.]
Full of shame; ashamed; shameful.
c1477Caxton Jason 35 b, Ye haue sent him from you all hountouse and shamed. Ibid. 42, I am ashamed and hontouse to lyue. c1500Melusine xxxiv. 238 Whan the noble pucelle Eglantyne vnderstode the kyng her vncle, she was shamfull & hontous.
So † hontage, hountage [a. OF. hontage, hountage], shame, disgrace. † hountee, shame.
The connexion and meaning of the first quot. is doubtful.
13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 528 In his askyng he geteþ hountage. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. xviii. (1869) 184 Þe skyn of whiche j make my barmfell j clepe Hountee and confusioun. |