English Explanatory Dictionary

shamelessness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or characteristic of being shameless.
  2. An utterance or action which is shameless.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shamelessness.wav

Word forms

shamelessness shamelessnesses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English shameles English shameless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shamelessness From shameless + -ness.

Synonyms

immodesty unself-consciousness
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