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verecund, a.|ˈvɛrɪkʌnd|
[ad. L. verēcund-us (whence obs. F. verecond (Cotgr.), It. verecondo, Pg. verecundo), f. verērī to reverence, fear.]
Modest, bashful; shy, coy.
c1550Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 325 Than said Venus vith vult verecund, Say quhat ȝe will and keip ȝow within bound. 1656Blount Glossogr. (following Cotgrave), Verecund, modest, shamefac'd, demure, bashfull. [Hence in later Dicts.] 1872‘Aliph Cheem’ (Yeldham) Lays of Ind (1876) 2 One day this said verecund Mr. McPherson He chanced at a nautch to be present in person. 1873Ruskin Fors Clav. xxvii. 12 And verecund Mr. McCosh,..has he no suggestion to offer?
Hence vereˈcundity, ˈverecundness. rare—0.
1721Bailey, Verecundity, Modesty, Bashfulness. 1727Ibid. (vol. II), Verecundness, Modesty,..Verecundity. |