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immodest

Meaningunrestrained

Common meaning: lacking modesty or restraint

Journey through time

  1. Latinimmodestus‘unrestrained’source
  2. Frenchimmodeste‘immodest’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsunrestrained → lacking modesty or restraintimmodest‘lacking modesty or restraint’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin immodestus ‘unrestrained’.

Roots

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