inverecund
inverecund · more inverecund · most inverecund
Immodest; shamelessImmodest; shameless.
/ɪnˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, rare)Immodest; shameless.
Origin
From Latin inverecundus, from in- + verecundus (“modest”), from vereri (“to revere”).From Latin inverecundus, from in- + verecundus (“modest”), from vereri (“to revere”).
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Forms
more inverecund, most inverecund| Comparative | more inverecund Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most inverecund Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedverecund
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.