vérécondie

French edit

Alternative forms edit

vérécundie

Etymology edit

A Renaissance borrowing from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vergogne, which was inherited.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ve.ʁe.kɔ̃.di/

Noun edit

vérécondie f (plural vérécondies)

(obsolete) restraint, reserve, modesty

Derived terms edit

vérécondieux

Further reading edit

“vérécondie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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