bashful

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective self-consciously timid; - Ezra Pound
  2. adjective disposed to avoid notice; ; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

Etymology

16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”).

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