a. Obs.–1 [f. prec. + -IOUS.] Characterized or accompanied by modesty.
a. 1639. Wotton, in Reliq. (1651), 160. Your brow proclameth much fidelity, a certain verecundious generosity graceth your eyes.
So Verecundous a. [-OUS.] Obs.–0
1656. Blount, Verecundous, modest, shamefac’d, demure.
