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pudor

/ˈpjuːdɔː/

pudor noun: an appropriate sense of modesty or shame.

Noun

pudor (uncountable)

  1. An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
    • Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

Origin of pudor

Borrowed from Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).

Questions about pudor

What does pudor mean?
Pudor means an appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
What part of speech is pudor?
Pudor is a noun.
How do you pronounce pudor?
Pudor is pronounced /ˈpjuːdɔː/.

Words near pudor in the dictionary

  1. pudknockers
  2. Pudney
  3. Pudneys
  4. PUDO
  5. Pudong
  6. pudor
  7. puds
  8. pudsey
  9. pudsy
  10. Pudtol
  11. pudu

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