ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
Hence, in recent use, unashamedly adv., -ness.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, V. lxxi. This foolish crew of louers, vnashamed,… Ran forward still, in this disordred sort.
1619. H. Hutton, Follie’s Anat. (Percy Soc.), 24. See this incarnate monster of her sex Play the virago, unashamde, perplext.
1827. Pollok, Course T., VIII. 780.
| But with his life he wrote as plain, Revenge, | |
| Pride, Tyranny, and lust of wealth and power | |
| Inordinate, and lewdness unashamed. |
1855. Browning, Two in Campagna, vii. Let us, O my dove, Let us be unashamed of soul.
1887. Lowell, Democracy, etc., 100. Coleridge’s words have the unashamed nakedness of Scripture.
