Im*mod"est (?), a. [F.
immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im-
not + modestus modest. See Modest.] 1.
Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or
restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate;
obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words,
pictures, etc.
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought,
But we proscribe the least immodest thought.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful;
impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.