pudic
/ˈpjuːdɪk/
pudic adjective: easily ashamed, having a strong sense of shame; modest, chaste.
Adjective
pudic (comparative more pudic, superlative most pudic)
- Easily ashamed, having a strong sense of shame; modest, chaste.
- Is it not extraordinary, by the way, that all over Europe, even in the pudic nurseries of your own country, this should be regarded as a children's book?1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 383
- a big mulberry-colored cake of soap slithered out of her hand, and her black-socked foot hooked the door shut with a bang which was more the echo of the soap's crashing against the marble board than a sign of pudic displeasure.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 46
- Pertaining to the pudendum or external genital organs; pudendal.
Forms of pudic
| comparative | more pudic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pudic |
Origin of pudic
From French pudique, from Latin pudīcus, from pudet (“it shames”).
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Words that rhyme with pudic
Questions about pudic
- What does pudic mean?
- Pudic means easily ashamed, having a strong sense of shame; modest, chaste.
- What part of speech is pudic?
- Pudic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pudic?
- Pudic is pronounced /ˈpjuːdɪk/.
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