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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shamefaced \Shame"faced`\, a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See
{Shame}, n., and {Fast} firm.]
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident;
bashful; modest.
[1913 Webster]
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was
shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but
the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face,
have brought it to its present orthography. --Trench.
[1913 Webster] -- {Shame"faced}, adv. --
{Shame"faced`ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shamefacedness
n 1: feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: {shamefacedness},
{sheepishness}]
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