immodestyn.

/ɪˈmɒdɪsti/

Etymology: < Latin immodestia, < im- (im- prefix²) + modestia modesty n. Compare French immodestie (1564 J. Thierry).

Want of modesty.

a. Excess of self-assertion or pretension; arrogance, forwardness; impudence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > lack of humility > [noun]

undespisingc1400

immodesty1605

unhumblednessc1670

unhumblenessa1732

1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 161 Count it not in me immodesty To love the man whom heaven appointed for me.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 214 I thought it would seem meer pride and immodesty in me to send Arguments to you.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. sig. Ssss3 To expose the great Immodesty of Crellius, who..will needs persuade the World that by the Word in the Chaldee Paraphrase is no where meant a Person.

1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §137 It belongs to all immodesty to defy or deny law, and assert privilege and license.

1893 Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. I may without immodesty say [etc.].

†b. In wider sense: Want of moderation or restraint. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 69 By his cruelty towards Priests, and all other kinds of immodesty.

2. Want of the sense of decorum or decency; impropriety, indelicacy; unchastity.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > immodesty or indelicacy

impudencec1386

impudicity1528

petulancy1537

impudency1548

petulancea1600

unmodesty1599

immodesty1609

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxxi. 221 She shames to thinke, that ought, within her face, Should breed th' opinion of immodestie.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 182 Never regarding they were naked;..I wondred..at their immodesty.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Peter iv. 3 We did too long live..in immodesties..and in excess of wine.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 51 It seem'd an easier thing At once..to strike her dead, Than to cry ‘Halt’, and to her own bright face Accuse her of the least immodesty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	immodesty
释义	immodestyn. /ɪˈmɒdɪsti/ Etymology: < Latin immodestia, < im- (im- prefix²) + modestia modesty n. Compare French immodestie (1564 J. Thierry). Want of modesty. 1. a. Excess of self-assertion or pretension; arrogance, forwardness; impudence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > lack of humility > [noun] undespisingc1400 immodesty1605 unhumblednessc1670 unhumblenessa1732 1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 161 Count it not in me immodesty To love the man whom heaven appointed for me. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 214 I thought it would seem meer pride and immodesty in me to send Arguments to you. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. sig. Ssss3 To expose the great Immodesty of Crellius, who..will needs persuade the World that by the Word in the Chaldee Paraphrase is no where meant a Person. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §137 It belongs to all immodesty to defy or deny law, and assert privilege and license. 1893 Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. I may without immodesty say [etc.]. †b. In wider sense: Want of moderation or restraint. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 69 By his cruelty towards Priests, and all other kinds of immodesty. 2. Want of the sense of decorum or decency; impropriety, indelicacy; unchastity. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > immodesty or indelicacy impudencec1386 impudicity1528 petulancy1537 impudency1548 petulancea1600 unmodesty1599 immodesty1609 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxxi. 221 She shames to thinke, that ought, within her face, Should breed th' opinion of immodestie. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 182 Never regarding they were naked;..I wondred..at their immodesty. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Peter iv. 3 We did too long live..in immodesties..and in excess of wine. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 51 It seem'd an easier thing At once..to strike her dead, Than to cry ‘Halt’, and to her own bright face Accuse her of the least immodesty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1605
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