bashful, blate
(adjective) disposed to avoid notice; “they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren’t bashful about letting anybody know it”; (‘blate’ is a Scottish term for bashful)
bashful
(adjective) self-consciously timid; “I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall”- Ezra Pound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bashful (comparative more bashful, superlative most bashful)
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
Indicating bashfulness.
• shy
• See also shy
Source: Wiktionary
Bash"ful, a. Etym: [See Bash.]
1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]
2. Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
Syn.
– Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
