shamefast
/ˈʃeɪmfɑːst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "With chaunge of cheare the seeming simple maid / Let fall her eyen, as shamefast to the earth […]"
- "Novv vvhen as vvine had drovvned and drouſed the underſtanding: vvhen the night ſeaſon, vvhen the entermingling of men and vvomen together one vvith another (and namely, they of young and tender yeeres, vvith thoſe of elder age) had cleane put out & extinguiſhed all reſpect and regard of ſhamefaſt honeſtie: there began firſt to be practiſed all ſorts of corruption, for every one had all pleaſures readie at commaundement, and his choiſe of thoſe vvhereto by nature he vvas more prone and given to luſt after."
- "But the women are alwayes covered about their middles with a skin, and very shamefast to be seene bare."
Etymology
From Middle English schamefast, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), corresponding to shame + fast.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: schamefast, sċamfæst
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈʃeɪmfɑːst/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more shamefast (comparative)
most shamefast (superlative)