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shameless

adjective

  1. audacious/immodest/insensible to disgrace
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪ̯mlɪs/ / /ˈʃeɪ̯mləs/ / /ˈʃæ̝ɪ̯mləs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English schameles English shameless From Middle English schameles, shameles, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame + -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).

  1. Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
  2. Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach.

    Near-synonyms: blameless, unblameable

    He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles; For sure he wrought amys, […]