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immodest

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Immodest  \Im*mod"est\,  a.  [F.  immodeste,  L.  immodestus 
  immoderate;  pref.  im-  not  +  modestus  modest.  See  {Modest}.] 
  1.  Not  limited  to  due  bounds;  immoderate. 
 
  2.  Not  modest;  wanting  in  the  reserve  or  restraint  which 
  decorum  and  decency  require;  indecent;  indelicate; 
  obscene;  lewd;  as  immodest  persons,  behavior,  words 
  pictures,  etc 
 
  Immodest  deeds  you  hinder  to  be  wrought,  But  we 
  proscribe  the  least  immodest  thought.  --Dryden. 
 
  Syn:  Indecorous;  indelicate;  shameless;  shameful;  impudent; 
  indecent;  impure;  unchaste;  lewd;  obscene. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  immodest 
  adj  1:  having  or  showing  an  exaggerated  opinion  of  your  importance, 
  ability,  etc  "brash  immodest  boasting"  [ant:  {modest}] 
  2:  offending  against  sexual  mores  in  conduct  or  appearance 
  [ant:  {modest}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  IMMODEST,  adj  Having  a  strong  sense  of  one's  own  merit,  coupled  with 
  a  feeble  conception  of  worth  in  others 
 
  There  was  once  a  man  in  Ispahan 
  Ever  and  ever  so  long  ago, 
  And  he  had  a  head,  the  phrenologists  said 
  That  fitted  him  for  a  show 
 
  For  his  modesty's  bump  was  so  large  a  lump 
  (Nature,  they  said  had  taken  a  freak) 
  That  its  summit  stood  far  above  the  wood 
  Of  his  hair,  like  a  mountain  peak. 
 
  So  modest  a  man  in  all  Ispahan 
  Over  and  over  again  they  swore  -- 
  So  humble  and  meek,  you  would  vainly  seek; 
  None  ever  was  found  before 
 
  Meantime  the  hump  of  that  awful  bump 
  Into  the  heavens  contrived  to  get 
  To  so  great  a  height  that  they  called  the  wight 
  The  man  with  the  minaret. 
 
  There  wasn't  a  man  in  all  Ispahan 
  Prouder,  or  louder  in  praise  of  his  chump: 
  With  a  tireless  tongue  and  a  brazen  lung 
  He  bragged  of  that  beautiful  bump 
 
  Till  the  Shah  in  a  rage  sent  a  trusty  page 
  Bearing  a  sack  and  a  bow-string  too 
  And  that  gentle  child  explained  as  he  smiled: 
  "A  little  present  for  you." 
 
  The  saddest  man  in  all  Ispahan 
  Sniffed  at  the  gift,  yet  accepted  the  same 
  "If  I'd  lived,"  said  he  "my  humility 
  Had  given  me  deathless  fame!" 
  Sukker  Uffro




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