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“immodest” in Latin
impudīcusshameless, impudent; unchaste, impure, immodest, immoral, lewdimpūrusunclean, filthy, foul, dirty; impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vileincestusunclean, impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, unrighteous, criminal; unchaste, lewd, incestuous, lustfullibīdinōsuslibidinous, licentious, lecherous; passionate; yearning for somethingfrōnsthe forehead, brow, front; the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings; as the mirror of a person's charactevocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice); to name, designate; to bring or put (into a state or condition)flāgitiumdisgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal; shame, disgrace, outrageadmonitoran admonisher, exhorter
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
immodest
impudicus (without bashfulness; without the chaste sentiment of which bashfulness is an index; of persons; e.g., mulier): parum verecundus (not regarding decency or morality; also of things; e.g., words; also without a natural feeling of shame): in verecundus (e.g., ingeninm, Cic.; frons, Quint.): impurus (impure; of persons, thoughts, morals, etc.): incestus (unchaste, with reference to religion and morality; of persons or things; e.g., sermo, voces, flagitium, amor): obscoenus (obscene, etc.; of words, jests, motions, paintings, etc.): libidinosus (lustful): non nimis verecundus (IMPROP., cool in one’s requests, admonitions, etc.; admonitor, Cic.). An immodest life, vita parum verecunda: immodest love, amor impudicus: impudicitia (especially of the male sex): amor libidinosus: libidines (of the female; commentators on Suet., Oct., 71). ☞ Not immodestus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for immodest?
- The usual Latin words for “immodest” are impudīcus, impūrus, incestus; also libīdinōsus, frōns, vocō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.