bashfulyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[bashful 词源字典]
bashful: see abash
[bashful etymology, bashful origin, 英语词源]
bashful (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1540s, with -ful + baishen "to be filled with consternation or dismay" (mid-14c.), from Old French baissier "bring down, humiliate" (see abash). An unusual case of this suffix attached to a verbal stem in the passive sense. Related: Bashfully; bashfulness (1530s).
brushfire (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1850, from brush (n.2) + fire (n.).
wishful (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1520s, from wish (n.) + -ful. Related: Wishfully; wishfulness. Wishful thinking is recorded from 1907.