Meanings
plural immodesties
- euphemisticuncountableusuallyThe genitals, privates.
1 more example
No sooner were we seated in this place, but two Girls about twelve years old enter'd at the same Gate whereat we came in; they were all naked, (as, I said above, the Women generally go) saving that they had a very small blew cloth wrap'd about their immodesties [translating vergogne], and their Arms, Ears, and Necks, were full of ornaments of Gold and very rich Jewels.
1665, Pietro Della Valle, “From Goa, January 31. 1624”, in George Havers, transl., The Travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta, page 183
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From im- + modesty or immodest + -y.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безсрамие, неприличие
- безсрамие (bezsramie)state of being immodest
- неприличие (nepriličie)state of being immodest
French immodestie
- immodestiestate of being immodest
Hindi निर्लज्जता
- निर्लज्जता (nirlajjatā)state of being immodest
Hungarian szerénytelenség
- szerénytelenségstate of being immodest
Polish bezpruderyjność
- bezpruderyjnośćstate of being immodest
Cite this entry
immodesty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immodesty
“immodesty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immodesty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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