Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

verecund en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/ (UK)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin verēcundus (“shy, modest”).

Meanings

(literary, poetic, rare) modest
(rare) bashful

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more verecund	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most verecund	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

inverecund · verecundity