shameless

Meaning

Adjective

• Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest; unable to feel disgrace.

Origin

• From Middle English shameles, shamelees, schameles, schomeles, schomeleas, from Old English sċamlēas, sċeamlēas, from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz, equivalent to shame + -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas, Dutch schaamteloos, German schamlos, Danish skamløs, Swedish skamlös, Icelandic skammlaus.