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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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
She was shamefast at the question, as many a maid hath been.
From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Armour, Margaret
O King of the Age, this is the wont of most brides, on their wedding-day, to be shamefast and show somewhat of coyness.
From Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp by Payne, John
Few are my years, for I am not so old as Kānu,— I am too shamefast and too tender.
From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura
Vesper-like face, its shadows bright With meanings of sequestered light; Drooped with shamefast sanctities She purely fears eyes cannot miss, Yet would blush to know she IS.
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
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