(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:18:56

Im*mod"es*ty (?), n. [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.]

Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.

"A piece of immodesty."

Pope.

 

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