"immodesty" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-immodesty.wav Forms: immodesties [plural]
Etymology: From im- + modesty or immodest + -y. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|im|modesty}} im- + modesty, {{suffix|en|immodest|-y|id2=abstract noun}} immodest + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} immodesty (usually uncountable, plural immodesties)
  1. The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being immodest): անհամեստություն (anhamestutʻyun) (Armenian), təvazösüzlük (Azerbaijani), безсрамие (bezsramie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), неприличие (nepriličie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), immodestie [feminine] (French), निर्लज्जता (nirlajjatā) [feminine] (Hindi), szerénytelenség (Hungarian), bezpruderyjność (note: of one's approach to sex) [feminine, literary] (Polish), nèskromnōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nepued (Volapük)
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  2. (euphemistic) The genitals, privates. Tags: euphemistic, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-immodesty-en-noun-HXRmKhJk Categories (other): English euphemisms, English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 50 50

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