shamefast
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- shamefastly adverb
- shamefastness noun
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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Sir Ralf observed that the young lady showed a comely shamefast maidenliness, and therewith bowed himself out of the room.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
And when this wise man saw that him wanted audience, all shamefast he sat him down again.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
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
The next moment her eyes were bent shamefast upon the floor.
From Wandering Heath by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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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