adj. 1. Not conforming to traditional sexual mores; indecent: an immodest bathing suit. 2. Boastful or arrogant: an immodest claim of success. 3. a. Immoderate, as in size or quantity: immodest wealth. b. Pretentious or ostentatious: immodest furnishings. [Latin immodestus : in-, not; see IN-1 + modestus, moderate, modest; see med- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] im·modest·ly adv. im·modes·ty n. |
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