What does inverecund mean?
Inverecund means (rare, archaic) Immodest; shameless..
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/ɪnˈvɛɹɪkʌnd/ · adjective
(rare, archaic) Immodest; shameless..
Only in puerice do we possess the inverecund innocence of our primaeval progenitors.
[…] if an inverecund habit shall have gradually traduced the honourable by ancestors transmitted customs […]
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Inverecund means (rare, archaic) Immodest; shameless..
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Only in puerice do we possess the inverecund innocence of our primaeval progenitors.
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