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Shamefast

//ˈʃeɪmfɑːst// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Bashful, modest; shy. archaic

    "With chaunge of cheare the seeming simple maid / Let fall her eyen, as shamefast to the earth […]"

Etymology

From Middle English shamefast, schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), corresponding to shame + fast.

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