shamefaced
English
Etymology
Alteration (due to folk etymology) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sceamfæst, scamfæst (“bashful, shy, modest”, literally “firm or fast in modesty or shame”), equivalent to shame + fast.
Derived terms
Translations
bashful or ashamed
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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