a. Obs. [UN-1 7.] Immodest: a. Of persons, the mind, heart, etc.
a. 1100. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 337. Impudens, unsceamfæst.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 469. Suche a bischop is raþer an unschamefast dogge þen a bischop. Ibid. (1382), Dan. viii. 23. There shal ryse a kyng vnshamfast in face.
a. 1470. Tiptoft, Orat. G. Flamineus (Caxton, 1481), f iv/2. Peradventure thou hast be prodigal unto wantone & unshamefast creatures.
1535. Coverdale, Ecclus. xxiii. 6. An vnshamefast and obstinate mynde.
1592. Greene, Disput., etc. 26. Take heede of her that hath an vnshamefast eye.
1608. Willet, Hexapla Exod., 128. An hard heart … vnshamefast in euill things.
b. Of conduct, actions, etc.
c. 1400. Found. St. Bartholomew’s (1923), 49. He was nat forȝeitfull of the vnshamefaste boldnes wher that euer the mayde he sawh aloyne.
1407. Exam. Wm. of Thorpe, Prol. (MS. Rawl C 208). Þoruȝ her olde & her newe vnschamefast synnes.
1436. Rolls of Parlt., IV. 501/2. Ye grete dredeles and unshamefast Perjurie, that orriblely contynueth.
a. 1533. Ld. Berners, Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546), Nn j b. Thy shame is so shamefull, and thy malyce so unshamefast, that I can not answere the.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, 63. This law … would peradventure call some backe from vnshamefast lasciuiousnes.
