cover-shame

noun

Etymology

* cover + shame

  1. inherited from *skamāną
  2. inherited from *skamēn
  3. inherited from sċamian
  4. inherited from schamen
  5. compounded as cover-shame — “cover + shame

Definitions

  1. Something used to conceal infamy.

    • Give place then exprobrating fruit, and come / Thou Cover-shame, old Fig-tree, in the Room: / Though men of all the fruit, that hangs o'th' tree, / Should love none less for your obscurity
    • O impudence! O rogue! O villain! Nay, if he be such a man, my righteous spirit rises at him! Does he put on holy garments, for a cover-shame of lewdness?
  2. A plant, savin (Juniperus sabina), which was historically used as both a contraceptive…

    A plant, savin (Juniperus sabina), which was historically used as both a contraceptive and to induce abortions.

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