Inverecund

//ɪnˈvɛɹɪkʌnd// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Immodest; shameless. archaic, rare

    "Only in puerice do we possess the inverecund innocence of our primaeval progenitors."

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"Only in puerice do we possess the inverecund innocence of our primaeval progenitors."

Etymology

From Latin inverecundus, from in- + verecundus (“modest”), from vereri (“to revere”).

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