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
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And for that she was shamefast, in the way of a maid, she looked as one that saw not.
From The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers by Edna Kingsley Wallace
The Master said, A gentleman is shamefast of speech: his deeds go further.
From The Sayings Of Confucius by Leonard Arthur Lyall
‘She is so shamefast that she cannot brook a word;’ and in fact Lilias had pulled her hood over her face, and shrunk behind him, at the first approach of the young gentleman.
From The Caged Lion by Charlotte Mary Yonge
He smiled as he looked at me, kindly, but sadly and shamefast, and shook his head.
From A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson by William Morris
In the scuffle one loses both his hat and skull-cap and flees shamefast from the scene.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
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