Category:Shamefast

Shame"fast, a. Etym: [as. scamfæst.]

Defn: modest; shamefaced. -- shame"fast*ly, adv. -- shame"fast*ness, n. [archaic] see shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. [conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 tim. ii. 9 (rev. Ver.).