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impudicity

impudicity noun: immodesty; shamelessness.

Noun

impudicity (countable and uncountable, plural impudicities)

  1. (formal) Immodesty; shamelessness.
    • It muſt be obſerved that though a man is allowed by the Mohammedan, as by the Jewish law, to repudiate his wife even on the ſlightest diſguſt, yet the women are not allowed to ſeparate themſelves from their huſbands, unleſs it be for ill uſage, want of proper maintenance, neglect of conjugal duty...1734, “The Preliminary Discourse”, in George Sale, transl., The Koran, Commonly Called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from the Original Arabic; […], London: […] C....

impudicity meaning in Tamil

impudicity in Tamil

நாணாமை

Forms of impudicity

pluralimpudicities

Origin of impudicity

From Middle French impudicité, from Latin impudicus (“shameless, immodest”) + Middle French -ité. By surface analysis, im- + pudic + -ity.

Questions about impudicity

What does impudicity mean?
Impudicity means immodesty; shamelessness.
What is impudicity in Tamil?
Impudicity in Tamil is நாணாமை. See Impudicity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impudicity?
Impudicity is a noun.
What is the plural of impudicity?
The plural of impudicity is impudicities.

Words near impudicity in the dictionary

  1. impudentest
  2. impudently
  3. impudentness
  4. impudic
  5. impudicities
  6. impudicity
  7. impugn
  8. impugnability
  9. impugnable
  10. impugnation
  11. impugnations

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