Search for: shame
7301 Etymology dictionary, p. flagitious (adj.).2
… flagitiosus "shameful, disgraceful, infamous," from flagitium "shameful act, passionate deed, disgraceful thing," related to flagrum "a whip, scourge, lash," and …
7302 Etymology dictionary, p. flagrance (n.).2
"glaring shamefulness," 1610s, from French flagrance or directly from Latin flagrantia "a glow, ardor, a burning desire," abstract noun from flagrantem "burning, blazing, glowing" (see flagrant ). Related: Flagrancy (1590s).
7303 Etymology dictionary, p. front (n.).2
… or shame); facade of a building, forepart; external appearance; vanguard, front rank," a word of "no plausible etymology" (de Vaan). Perhaps literally "that which projects …
7304 Etymology dictionary, p. hijab (n.).2
… "modesty, shame," and in other such dictionaries c. 1800 it has connotations of "to cover, hide, conceal." The 1906 dictionary also has hijab as "modesty."
7305 Etymology dictionary, p. honi soit qui mal y pense.2
French, "shame on him who thinks evil of it;" proverbial expression recorded from c. 1300, used as motto of the Order of the Garter .
7306 Etymology dictionary, p. humiliate (v.).2
… to shame or disgrace; mortify," 1530s, a back-formation from humiliation or else from Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare "to humble," from humilis …
7307 Etymology dictionary, p. ignominious (adj.).2
… "disgraceful, shameful," from ignominia "disgrace, infamy, loss of a (good) name," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + nomen (genitive nominis ) "name …
7308 Etymology dictionary, p. impudent (adj.).2
… shame, shameless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pudens "ashamed, modest," present-participle adjective from pudere "to cause shame" (see …
7309 Etymology dictionary, p. inflict (v.).2
… trouble. Shame on you.
7310 Etymology dictionary, p. Moloch.2
… basheth "shame" to express their horror of the worship. Hence, figuratively, "any baleful influence to which everything is sacrificed" (1799).
7311 Etymology dictionary, p. opprobrious (adj.).2
… considered shameful." Related: Opprobriously; opprobriousness .
7312 Etymology dictionary, p. opprobrium (n.).2
"imputation of shameful conduct, insulting reproach," 1680s, from Latin opprobrium "disgrace, infamy, scandal, dishonor," from opprobare "to reproach, taunt" (see opprobrious ). Earlier in English in nativized form opprobry (early 15c.).
7313 Etymology dictionary, p. outface (v.).2
1520s, "to confront boldly, stare down and shame;" 1570s, "confront fearlessly," from out- + face (v.). Related: Outfaced; outfacing .
7314 Etymology dictionary, p. proof (n.).5
… has shame-proof .
7315 Etymology dictionary, p. publish (v.).3
… to shame; denounce publicly." Related: Published; publishing. In Middle English the verb also meant "to people, populate; to multiply, breed" (late 14c.), for example …
7316 Etymology dictionary, p. pudendum (n.).2
… scamlim ("shame-limb"); in Middle English it also was Englished as pudende "male genitals" (late 14c.). Related: Pudendal .
7317 Etymology dictionary, p. pudeur (n.).2
… pudor "shame, modesty," from pudere "make ashamed" (see pudendum ). The same word had been borrowed into English directly from Latin as pudor (1620s), but this became …
7318 Etymology dictionary, p. put (v.).3
… to shame, mid-15c. From mid-14c. as "make a declaration, express in speech or writing," hence "express or state (in a particular way)," 1690s, also "propose or place before …
7319 Etymology dictionary, p. rebuke (n.).2
early 15c., "a reproof for fault or wrong, a direct reprimand," also "an insult, a rebuff," and in the now archaic sense of "a shame, disgrace," from rebuke (v.). From mid-15c. as "a setback, a defeat."
7320 Etymology dictionary, p. redden (v.).2
1610s, "make read;" 1640s, "become red" (especially of the face, with shame, etc.), from red (adj.1) + -en (1). The older verb form is Middle English reden, Old English readian, reodian "become red;" see red (v.). Related: Reddened; reddening .