vérécondie

French

Alternative forms

• vérécundie

Etymology

A Renaissance borrowing from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vergogne, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.ʁe.kɔ̃.di/

Noun

vérécondie f (plural vérécondies)

1. (obsolete) restraint, reserve, modesty

Derived terms

• vérécondieux

Further reading

• “vérécondie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.