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pudeur

UK/pjuːˈdɜː/US/pjuˈdɝ/

pudeur noun: a sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.

Noun

pudeur (countable and uncountable, plural pudeurs)

  1. A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
    • Leslie felt confident enough of that also, but the pudeur of composition (when the author has written what he felt) made him shrink from so much talk about it.1861, Caroline Clive, chapter VII, in Why Paul Ferroll Killed His Wife, pages 137–8
    • In preceding pages I have mooted a long-contested point of great importance, promising to recur it at a subsequent stage of this essay. I do so now because the pudeur of others has hitherto prevented its just discussion.1868, Paschal Beverly Randolph, chapter X, in After Death: Or, Disembodied Man, page 132

Forms of pudeur

pluralpudeurs

Origin of pudeur

From French pudeur, from Latin pudor. Doublet of pudor.

Questions about pudeur

What does pudeur mean?
Pudeur means a sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
What part of speech is pudeur?
Pudeur is a noun.
How do you pronounce pudeur?
Pudeur is pronounced /pjuːˈdɜː/ (UK).
What is the plural of pudeur?
The plural of pudeur is pudeurs.

Words near pudeur in the dictionary

  1. pudendum
  2. pudendum muliebre
  3. pudendum virile
  4. pudent
  5. Puderbaugh
  6. pudeur
  7. pudeurs
  8. pudgala
  9. pudge
  10. pudges
  11. pudgier

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