verecund

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin verēcundus (“shy, modest”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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verecund (comparative more verecund, superlative most verecund)

  1. (rare, literary, poetic) modest
  2. (rare) bashful

Derived terms

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