shamelessadj.

/ˈʃeɪmlɪs/

Forms: see shame n. Also 1600s superlative shamelest.

Etymology: Old English sc(e)amléas , sc(e)omléas : see shame n. and -less suffix.

1. Lacking shame, destitute of feelings of modesty; impudent, audacious, immodest; insensible to disgrace.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned

shamelessc897

hard-skinnedc1450

past shame1509

unblushing1595

steel-browed1600

thick-skinned1602

dead to shame1780

case-hardened1836

unsnubbable1847

hard-shelled1848

pachydermatous1849

hard-boiled1884

armour-plated1887

tough-minded1927

chalcenterous1946

chalcenteric1964

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless

shamelessc897

unshamefasta1100

unshamedc1384

unshamefulc1430

unshamousa1500

unshamefaceda1533

unshameless1555

blushless1566

brazen-faced1571

brazen1573

bashless1578

brassy1596

foreheaded16..

foreheadlessa1603

frontless1607

browless1615

basilisco-proof1649

inverecund1657

perfrict1660

brazen-broweda1682

barefaced1704

cool1723

unblushing1736

brassed1742

inerubescent1788

bald-faced1836

bronzed1841

brazen-fronted1842

brazed1884

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care ix. 60 Se læce bið micles to bald & to scomleas þe gæð æfter oðerra monna husum lacniende, & hæfð on his agnum nebbe oþene wunde unlacnode.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 131 Scheomelese..is þe mon. þet seið. oðer deð vntuȝe biforen ani ancre.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 20 To þe schamlese schalk schewden hur lettres.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3508 Fy! schamëles vnworthy gouernour!

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xv. viii. 232 Vatinius was one of the shamelest monsters of his [Nero's] court.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 5 Scoffe on vile Fiend, and shamelesse Curtizan.

1683 W. Hedges Diary 6 Jan. (1887) I. 63 Though these men are so shameless as to deny it.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 358 But there remain, ye guilty, in my pow'r, 'Till Jove refunds his shameless daughter's dow'r.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 152 Lo the shameless ones who take Their pastime now the trustful King is gone!

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. ix. 65 A man of refined culture..but the most cynically shameless liver and talker even in Rome.

absolute.c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 204 On oðre wisan sint to læronne ða scamleasan, on oðre ða scamfæstan.1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 27 ‘Peace, shameless!’ said the King.

2. Indicating or characterized by absence of shame or modesty. Of actions: Indicating absence of shame on the part of the agent, impudent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless > specifically of behaviour

shamelessc897

c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) l. 3 Of þysse scamleasan scylde geclænsa me.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f4 Then falle they to a shamelesse boldnesse, and let not to denye the scripture and all.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ix. 200 This is the same shameless self-contradicting Accusation, and needs no other Answer.

1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 145 It was found practicable to convict the delinquent of shameless falsehood.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 472 He [James] degraded the nobility by a shameless sale of peerages.

absolute.c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 206 Forðæm he spræc ðas word þe he wolde ðara scamleasena scylda tælende geopenian.

†3. Suffering no shame, free from disgrace. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > lack of humility > [adjective] > not humbled

shameless1390

unhumbled1604

unhumiliated1856

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 151 For hou so that the cause wende, The trouthe is schameles ate ende, Bot what thing that is troutheles, It mai noght wel be schameles.

c1440 Alphabet of Tales 144 Lorde Jesu! delyuer me & safe me shameles of þis Iewis at þis tyme.

†4. (See quot. 1552) Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1552 N. Udall tr. T. Gemini Compend. Anat. B vij b The bone of the foreheade,..of some other it is called the shameles bone [L. os inuerecundum], or the bone of the common senses.

5. quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] > shamelessly

shamelesslyc897

unshamefastly1382

unshamefullyc1400

unshamelyc1480

shamelessa1541

blushlessly1604

frontlessly1618

brazen-facedly1624

with (an) open face1653

barefacedly1684

brazenly1714

unblushingly1752

coolly1844

blatantly1851

a1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 311/2 Open whoredome, & abhominable and detestable vncleannes, that is now vsed shamelesse in the worlde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 203 Beyond imagination is the wrong That she this day hath shamelesse throwne on me.

6. In combinations.

ΚΠ

a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 87 The abhominable desolacion..of proude Senacheryb, of the shameles faced kyng & of the Babilonical beaste.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shameless
释义	shamelessadj. /ˈʃeɪmlɪs/ Forms: see shame n. Also 1600s superlative shamelest. Etymology: Old English sc(e)amléas , sc(e)omléas : see shame n. and -less suffix. 1. Lacking shame, destitute of feelings of modesty; impudent, audacious, immodest; insensible to disgrace. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned shamelessc897 hard-skinnedc1450 past shame1509 unblushing1595 steel-browed1600 thick-skinned1602 dead to shame1780 case-hardened1836 unsnubbable1847 hard-shelled1848 pachydermatous1849 hard-boiled1884 armour-plated1887 tough-minded1927 chalcenterous1946 chalcenteric1964 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless shamelessc897 unshamefasta1100 unshamedc1384 unshamefulc1430 unshamousa1500 unshamefaceda1533 unshameless1555 blushless1566 brazen-faced1571 brazen1573 bashless1578 brassy1596 foreheaded16.. foreheadlessa1603 frontless1607 browless1615 basilisco-proof1649 inverecund1657 perfrict1660 brazen-broweda1682 barefaced1704 cool1723 unblushing1736 brassed1742 inerubescent1788 bald-faced1836 bronzed1841 brazen-fronted1842 brazed1884 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care ix. 60 Se læce bið micles to bald & to scomleas þe gæð æfter oðerra monna husum lacniende, & hæfð on his agnum nebbe oþene wunde unlacnode. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 131 Scheomelese..is þe mon. þet seið. oðer deð vntuȝe biforen ani ancre. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 20 To þe schamlese schalk schewden hur lettres. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3508 Fy! schamëles vnworthy gouernour! 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xv. viii. 232 Vatinius was one of the shamelest monsters of his [Nero's] court. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 5 Scoffe on vile Fiend, and shamelesse Curtizan. View more context for this quotation 1683 W. Hedges Diary 6 Jan. (1887) I. 63 Though these men are so shameless as to deny it. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 358 But there remain, ye guilty, in my pow'r, 'Till Jove refunds his shameless daughter's dow'r. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 152 Lo the shameless ones who take Their pastime now the trustful King is gone! 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. ix. 65 A man of refined culture..but the most cynically shameless liver and talker even in Rome. absolute.c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 204 On oðre wisan sint to læronne ða scamleasan, on oðre ða scamfæstan.1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 27 ‘Peace, shameless!’ said the King. 2. Indicating or characterized by absence of shame or modesty. Of actions: Indicating absence of shame on the part of the agent, impudent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless > specifically of behaviour shamelessc897 c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) l. 3 Of þysse scamleasan scylde geclænsa me. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f4 Then falle they to a shamelesse boldnesse, and let not to denye the scripture and all. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ix. 200 This is the same shameless self-contradicting Accusation, and needs no other Answer. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 145 It was found practicable to convict the delinquent of shameless falsehood. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 472 He [James] degraded the nobility by a shameless sale of peerages. absolute.c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 206 Forðæm he spræc ðas word þe he wolde ðara scamleasena scylda tælende geopenian. †3. Suffering no shame, free from disgrace. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > lack of humility > [adjective] > not humbled shameless1390 unhumbled1604 unhumiliated1856 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 151 For hou so that the cause wende, The trouthe is schameles ate ende, Bot what thing that is troutheles, It mai noght wel be schameles. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 144 Lorde Jesu! delyuer me & safe me shameles of þis Iewis at þis tyme. †4. (See quot. 1552) Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1552 N. Udall tr. T. Gemini Compend. Anat. B vij b The bone of the foreheade,..of some other it is called the shameles bone [L. os inuerecundum], or the bone of the common senses. 5. quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] > shamelessly shamelesslyc897 unshamefastly1382 unshamefullyc1400 unshamelyc1480 shamelessa1541 blushlessly1604 frontlessly1618 brazen-facedly1624 with (an) open face1653 barefacedly1684 brazenly1714 unblushingly1752 coolly1844 blatantly1851 a1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 311/2 Open whoredome, & abhominable and detestable vncleannes, that is now vsed shamelesse in the worlde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 203 Beyond imagination is the wrong That she this day hath shamelesse throwne on me. View more context for this quotation 6. In combinations. ΚΠ a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 87 The abhominable desolacion..of proude Senacheryb, of the shameles faced kyng & of the Babilonical beaste. 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