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10 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective extremely modest or shy; - H.O.Taylor
adjective showing a sense of shame
adjective showing a sense of guilt; ; - Eric Linklater
originAlteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically with -faced (/ˈfeɪst/).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- chamades 16
- chamade 15
- chasmed 15
- schemed 15
- chafed 15
- chefed 15
- sheafed 14
- chafes 14
- academes 13
- ashamed 13
- defaces 13
- defames 13