indiscreet

Definitions


[ˌɪndɪˈskriːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain private or secret
(e.g: they have been embarrassed by indiscreet friends)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (originally as indiscrete in the sense ‘lacking discernment or judgement’): from late Latin indiscretus ‘not separate or distinguishable’ (in medieval Latin ‘careless, indiscreet’), from in- ‘not’ + discretus ‘separate’ (see discreet). Compare with indiscrete




definition by Oxford Dictionaries