zedig

Meaning

chaste

Concepts

modest

prudish

chaste

unpretentious

unassuming

simple

demure

coy

demurely

straitlaced

maidenly

maidenlike

prim

prude

purely

Opposite of

onzedig, onkuis

Synonyms

bescheiden

discreet

ingetogen

teruggetrokken

kuis

preuts

eerbaar

rein

nuffig

Translations

prüde

modeste

bescheiden

anspruchslos

zimperlich

bégueule

keusch

modesto

módico

recatado

αγνός

modest

züchtig

modesto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzeː.dəx/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: sēdich

Inherited from Old Dutch: *sidig

In summary

From Middle Dutch sēdich, from Old Dutch *sidig, from Proto-West Germanic *sidīg, from Proto-Germanic *sidugaz. By surface analysis, zede + -ig.