Immodest, 1) immoderate: “i. hatred,” Wint. III, 2, 103.
2) wanting decent reserve, indecent, indelicate: “he saith she is i.” Ven. 53. “I have took upon me such an i. raiment,” Gent. V, 4, 106. “that she should be so i. to write to one that she knew would flout her,” Ado II, 3, 148. “'tis needful that the most i. word be looked upon and learned,” H4B IV, 4, 70. “this i. clamorous outrage,” H6A IV, 1, 126.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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