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Webster 1913 Edition
Shamefaced
Shame′facedˊ
,Adj.
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
Your
shamefaced
virtue shunned the people’s prise. Dryden.
☞ Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography.
– Trench.
Shame′faced
, adv.
Shame′facedˊness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shamefaced
SHA'MEFACED
,Adj.
Conscience is a blushing shamefaced spirit. Shak.
Your shamefac'd virtue shunn'd the people's praise. Dryden.