different between modesty vs extravagancy

English

Etymology

From Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d.?.sti/

Noun

modesty (usually uncountable, plural modesties)

1. The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

2. Moderate behaviour; reserve.
3. (specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

Antonyms

• immodesty
• extravagance
• impudence

Derived terms

• false modesty
• modesty bag
• modesty bit
• modesty board
• modesty panel
• modesty piece

Related terms

• modestly

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• extravagance

Etymology

extravagant +? -cy or extravagance +? -y

Noun

extravagancy (countable and uncountable, plural extravagancies)

1. (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
2. (archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant.