excessive+modesty
11nice nelly — nice′ nel′ly (or Nel′ly) [[t]ˈnɛl i[/t]] n. a person who professes or exhibits excessive modesty, prudishness, or the like • Etymology: 1925–30 nice′ nel′ly, nice′ Nel′ly, adj …
12nice-nellyism — nice nel•ly•ism or nice′ Nel′ly•ism [[t]ˈnaɪsˈnɛl iˌɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) excessive modesty; prudishness 2) a euphemism: timid writing, full of nice nellyisms[/ex] • Etymology: 1935–40 …
13nice nelly — noun or nice nellie ˈ ̷ ̷ˈnelē Usage: usually capitalized 2d N Etymology: probably from nice (I) + Nelly, Nellie, the name 1. : prude I m no nice Nelly Ethel Merman …
14nice-nelly — adjective or nice nellie ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ Usage: often capitalized 2d N Etymology: nice Nelly or nice Nellie : overly delicate : prudish, euphemistic …
15mau|vaise honte — «moh VEHZ nT», French. excessive modesty or shame; bashfulness …
16Niqāb in Egypt — In a predominantly Muslim society, as many as 90% of women in Egypt have adopted a form of veiling.[1] A majority of Egyptian women cover at least their hair with the hijab. A hijab refers to a head covering that is worn by Muslim women. Although …
17dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …
18A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft… …
19Church Music — Ecclesiastical Music † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Music By this term is meant the music which, by order or with the approbation of ecclesiastical authority, is employed in connexion with Divine service to promote the… …
20prim — adj Prim, priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy mean excessively concerned with what one regards as proper or right. Prim and priggish (see also COMPLACENT) both imply an excessive and conscious fastidiousness in manners and …
