† unˈshamefast, a. Obs.
[un-1 7.]
Immodest: a. Of persons, the mind, heart, etc.
| a 1100 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 337 Impudens, unsceamfæst. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 469 Suche a bischop is raþer an unschamefast dogge þen a bischop. 1382 ― Dan. viii. 23 There shal ryse a kyng vnshamfast in face. a 1470 Tiptoft Orat. G. Flamineus (Caxton, 1481) f iv/2 Peradventure thou hast be prodigal unto wantone & unshamefast creatures. 1535 Coverdale Ecclus. xxiii. 6 An vnshamefast and obstinate mynde. 1592 Greene Disput., etc. 26 Take heede of her that hath an vnshamefast eye. 1608 Willet Hexapla Exod. 128 An hard heart..vnshamefast in euill things. |
b. Of conduct, actions, etc.
| c 1400 Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 49 He was nat forȝeitfull of the vnshamefaste boldnes wher that euer the mayde he sawh aloyne. 1407 Exam. Wm. of Thorpe Prol. (MS. Rawl. C 208), Þoruȝ her olde & her newe vnschamefast synnes. 1436 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 501/2 Ye grete dredeles and unshamefast Perjurie, that orriblely contynueth. a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) N n j b, Thy shame is so shamefull, and thy malyce so unshamefast, that I can not answere the. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 63 This law..would peradventure call some backe from vnshamefast lasciuiousnes. |