Shamefaced
Pronunciation : Shame"faced`
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [For shamefast; AS. scamf. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.]
Definition : Defn: Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.
Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography. Trench. -- Shame"faced, adv. -- Shame"faced`ness, n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913