Translation
modest, unassuming; modest, small in scale
Word origin
From Latin modestus, keeping within measure, built on modus ('a measure, a limit'). English modest, mode and moderate all measure the same thing.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- modus
- English cognates
- modest, mode, moderate
Examples
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He is a rich but modest man.
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She lives in a modest house by the river.
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Modest people rarely talk about themselves.
Both English senses come through: a modest person and a modest sum of money are each . The noun is o, modesty, and the opposite is a or, more pointedly, . Note that is about not overstating yourself, so it does not carry the prim sense English sometimes gives it about dress.
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