abashedness

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English

Etymology

From abashed +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

abashedness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being abashed; abashment. [Mid 16th century.][1]

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abashedness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.