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modestness Now rare.|ˈmɒdɪstnɪs| Also 6 modestines. [f. modest a. + -ness.] Modesty.
1546Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. ii. ii. 36 b, A Kynge..which attained to that dignitie by no ambicion or favour but by a singular wyt & sober modestines. 1548R. Hutten Sum of Diuinitie B iij b, Thys precept conteineth excellent vertues, yt is to saye diligence in obeyng, doinge our vocacion, modestnes, pitie toward our parentes y⊇ common welth & such like vertues. 1638H. Rider Horace's Epodes xi, Then my modestness shall give o'er to strive. |