immodesty

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ modesty or immodest +‎ -y.

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Noun

immodesty (usually uncountable, plural immodesties)

  1. The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty.
  2. (euphemistic) The genitals, privates.
    • 1665, Pietro Della Valle, “From Goa, January 31. 1624”, in George Havers, transl., The Travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta‎[1], page 183:
      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, Ears, and Necks, were full of ornaments of Gold and very rich Jewels.

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