Immodesty
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty. uncountable, usually
- 2 the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals wordnet
- 3 The genitals, privates. euphemistic, uncountable, usually
"No sooner were we seated in this place, but two Girls about twelve years old enter'd at the same Gate whereat we came in; they were all naked, (as, I said above, the Women generally go) saving that they had a very small blew cloth wrap'd about their immodesties [translating vergogne], and their Arms, Ears, and Necks, were full of ornaments of Gold and very rich Jewels."
- 4 the trait of being vain and conceited wordnet
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More examples"No sooner were we seated in this place, but two Girls about twelve years old enter'd at the same Gate whereat we came in; they were all naked, (as, I said above, the Women generally go) saving that they had a very small blew cloth wrap'd about their immodesties [translating vergogne], and their Arms, Ears, and Necks, were full of ornaments of Gold and very rich Jewels."
Etymology
From im- + modesty or immodest + -y.
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