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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But for wowyng thou knowest women are shamefast.
From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward
Men behove to take heed of maidens: for they be tender of complexion; small, pliant and fair of disposition of body: shamefast, fearful, and merry.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert
Examples familiar to everybody are crayfish from Fr. écrevisse, gilly-flower from Fr. giroflée, shame-faced for shamefast.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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 Wallace, Edna Kingsley
Sakhī: Her gentle words she can but stammer, Her shamefast speech will not well out: To-day I found her most contrary, Sometimes consenting, sometimes fearful.
From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura
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