英语词汇“verecund”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

verecund

释义

verecund, a.|ˈvɛrɪkʌnd|
[ad. L. verēcund-us (whence obs. F. verecond (Cotgr.), It. verecondo, Pg. verecundo), f. verērī to reverence, fear.]
Modest, bashful; shy, coy.
c1550Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 325 Than said Venus vith vult verecund, Say quhat ȝe will and keip ȝow within bound.1656Blount Glossogr. (following Cotgrave), Verecund, modest, shamefac'd, demure, bashfull. [Hence in later Dicts.]1872‘Aliph Cheem’ (Yeldham) Lays of Ind (1876) 2 One day this said verecund Mr. McPherson He chanced at a nautch to be present in person.1873Ruskin Fors Clav. xxvii. 12 And verecund Mr. McCosh,..has he no suggestion to offer?
Hence vereˈcundity, ˈverecundness. rare^—0.
1721Bailey, Verecundity, Modesty, Bashfulness.1727Ibid. (vol. II), Verecundness, Modesty,..Verecundity.

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