Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Immodesty; shamelessness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of pudicity; immodesty; shamelessness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Immodesty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
immodesty - noun
shamelessness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tiberius displayed such ingenuity in inventing refinements in impudicity that it was necessary to coin new words to designate them.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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French makers of opera are franker, for they seek to glorify impudicity in the persons of its greatest historical representatives by lavishing upon the subject the most gorgeous pictures, the most ingenious theatrical contrivances, and the most sensuous music at their command.
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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Tiberius displayed such ingenuity in inventing refinements in impudicity that it was necessary to coin new words to designate them.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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Liguori, Burchard, Billuard, Rousselot, Gordon, Gaisson, are put into their hands at an early age -- works which reveal more secrets of impudicity than Aretino has described, or Commodus can have practiced -- works which recommend more craft and treachery and fraud and falsehood than Machiavelli accorded to his misbegotten Saviour of
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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But what could a mere English reader make of words such as these -- ‘impudicity’, ‘ebrieties’,
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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With Planned Parenthood killing children and injuring women in abortions, Nixon displays an astonishing impudicity when she adds, "To me, it just makes sense: honor the courageous mothers who are raising kids ... with a gift to the courageous organization that helps so many women."
Latest Articles 2009
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With Planned Parenthood killing children and injuring women in abortions, Nixon displays an astonishing impudicity when she adds, "To me, it just makes sense: honor the courageous mothers who are raising kids ... with a gift to the courageous organization that helps so many women."
Latest Articles 2009
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