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shamesome

adj

Etymology

From shame + -some.

  1. inherited from *skamāną✻
  2. inherited from *skamēn✻
  3. inherited from sċamian
  4. inherited from schamen
  5. formed as shamesome — “shame + -some”

Definitions

  1. Deserving of shame

    Deserving of shame; shameful.

    • "Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […]"
    • 'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […]

  2. An appropriate level of shame.

    • The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”.

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