Dictionary entry

Shamefast

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shame″fast (?), a. [AS. scamfæst.] Modest; shamefaced. — Shame″fast‐ly, adv. — Shame″fast‐ness, n. See Shamefaced.

Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer.

is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak.

Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).