immodesty

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immodesty

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From im- + modesty or immodest + -y.

noun immodesties

  1. uncountable, usually The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty.
  2. euphemistic, uncountable, usually The genitals, privates. No sooner were we seated in this place, but two Girls about twelve years old enter'd at the same Gate whereat we came in; they were all naked, (as, I said above, the Women generally go) saving that they had a very small blew cloth wrap'd about their immodesties [translating vergogne], and their Arms

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noun state of being immodest

हिन्दीनिर्लज्जता nirlajjatā
Françaisimmodestie

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"immodesty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/immodesty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"immodesty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/immodesty.

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@misc{immodesty_2026,
  title = {immodesty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immodesty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}