Mauvaise honte
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Shyness, especially when affected; false modesty. uncountable
"In that capacity she sat with becoming easiness of mien (for she was as void of the mauvaise honte as any dutchess in the land) [and] bowed very graciously to the compliments of the gentlemen […]."
Example
More examples"In that capacity she sat with becoming easiness of mien (for she was as void of the mauvaise honte as any dutchess in the land) [and] bowed very graciously to the compliments of the gentlemen […]."
Etymology
From French mauvaise honte.