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shameless

adj
/ˈʃeɪ̯mlɪs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English shameles English shameless From Middle English shameles, shamelees, schameles, schomeles, schomeleas, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame + -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).

  1. inherited from *skamalausaz✻ — “shameless”
  2. inherited from sċamlēas
  3. inherited from shameles

Definitions

  1. Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong

    Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

  2. Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach.

    • Near-synonyms: blameless, unblameable
    • He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles; For sure he wrought amys, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at shameless. 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.

01shameless02disgrace03dishonored04defiled05impure06defile07dirty08indecent09immodest

A definitional loop anchored at shameless. 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 shameless

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