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vergogne.

shame (feeling)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɛʁ.ɡɔɲ/
  1. shame (feeling)

    archaic · feminine · literary
  2. restraint, moderation

    archaic · feminine · literary
  3. modesty, decency

    archaic · feminine · literary
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French vergogne, vergoigne, inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vérécondie, an obsolete Renaissance borrowing.

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