Overmodest

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overmodest \O"ver*mod"est\, a.
     Modest to excess; bashful. -- {O"ver*mod"est*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  overmodest
       adj : affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or
             provocative way [syn: {coy}, {demure}]