shamefast
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of shamefast
before 900; Middle English schamfast shamefaced, originally, modest, bashful, Old English sc ( e ) amfæst; see shame, fast 1
Example Sentences
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Make not thou Out of her shamefast maidenhood and fear A sword to cleave your happiness in twain.
From Rosamund, queen of the Lombards, a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Meanwhile the two hapless lovers, both exceeding shamefast, stood with bent heads bitterly bewailing their evil fortune, and momently expecting their death by the cruel fire.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
Then, turning to her, where she stood, all shamefast and confounded, he said to her, 'Griselda, wilt thou have me to thy husband?'
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
If you might come afterward and complain your grief unto his own person yourself, you should find him as shamefast as a friend of mine, a merchant, once found the Sultan of Syria.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica
She too was rosy-red: being ever a shamefast woman.
From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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