vérécondie

French

Alternative forms

  • vérécundie

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French verecundie, a Renaissance borrowing from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vergogne, which was inherited from the Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ve.ʁe.kɔ̃.di/

Noun

vérécondie f (plural vérécondies)

  1. (obsolete) restraint, reserve, modesty

Derived terms

  • vérécondieux

Further reading

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