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modest

adj
/ˈmɑdəst/US

Etymology

From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.

  1. derived from modestus
  2. derived from modeste

Definitions

  1. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements

    Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.

  2. Small, moderate in size.

    • He earns a modest amount of money.
    • Her latest novel was a modest success.

  3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

    • modest thoughts or language
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

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Derived

hypermodest, modest cadlina, modestly, modestness, modest proposal, of modest means, overmodest, pseudomodest, supermodest, ultramodest, unmodest

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at modest. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01modest02boasting03individual04contrasted05marked06mark07objective08purely09chastely

A definitional loop anchored at modest. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at modest

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA