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Humblebrag – a statement that purports to be modest while delivering a boast. Hypallage – a literary device that reverses the syntactic relation of two words (as in "her beauty's face"). Hyperbaton – a figure of speech in which words that naturally belong together are separated from each other for emphasis or effect.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A prude is a person with a very sensitive attitude and narrowness towards custom and morality. [1] [2] The word prude comes from the Old French word prudefemme also prodefemme meaning loyal, respectable or modest woman, [3] which was the source of prude in the 18th century. [1]
In 1876, Modest became the tutor to a deaf-mute boy Nikolai ("Kolya") Hermanovich Konradi (1868–1922) and, using a special teaching method, helped him to talk, write, and read. In his still unpublished autobiography, broadly quoted by Alexander Poznansky , Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky mentions his and his brother's homosexuality.
Moderata Fonte, directly translating to Modest Well, [3] is a pseudonym of Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi (or Zorzi), also known as Modesto Pozzo (or Modesta, feminization of Modesto), [4] (1555–1592) a Venetian writer and poet. [5]
Modesty (appicchatà or hiri) is the quality of being unpretentious about one's virtues or achievements. Genuinely modest people are able to see themselves as they really are and rejoice in their good qualities without becoming vain or self-promoting, and acknowledge their faults without shame or self-loathing. [15]
Aidos or Aedos (/ ˈ iː d ɒ s /; [1] Greek: Αἰδώς, pronounced [ai̯dɔ̌ːs]) was the Greek goddess of shame, modesty, respect, and humility. [2] Aidos, as a quality, was that feeling of reverence or shame which restrains men from wrong.
"Modest" is an adjective describing the quality of Modesty and may refer to: A number of saints, see under Saint Modest (disambiguation) Michael Modest (born 1971), semi-retired American professional wrestler; Modest (email client), a free, open source, e-mail client; Modest, a 2023 play by Ellen Brammar; People with the given name Modest or ...