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Unmodest, adj. [e.m.E. vnmodest (1565); Modest adj.] Immodest. = Im(m)odest adj. 1683 Lauder Observes 115.
A scandal against … on of the ministers of Edinburgh, of unmodest and undecent carriage towards Mistris Euphame Scot

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