shamefastness
English
noun
Definitions
- The state or condition of being shamefast.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schamefastnesse inherited from Old English sċeamfæstness (modesty) affix from English shamefast.
Origin
English
shamefast
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fast English
- shame English
- shamefacedness English
- shamefast English
- shamefastly English
- unshamefast English
- sċeamfæstness Old English
- schamefastnesse Middle English
- shamefast Middle English