pudor
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈpjuːdɔː/
Noun [edit]
pudor (uncountable)
- An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
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- 1922: Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam. — James Joyce, Ulysses
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Translations [edit]
appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From pudet (“it shames”).
Noun [edit]
pudor (genitive pudōris); m, third declension
- A sense of shame; shamefacedness, shyness; ignominy, disgrace; humiliation.
- Modesty, decency, propriety, scrupulousness, chastity.
- A blush.
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pudor | pudōrēs |
| genitive | pudōris | pudōrum |
| dative | pudōrī | pudōribus |
| accusative | pudōrem | pudōrēs |
| ablative | pudōre | pudōribus |
| vocative | pudor | pudōrēs |
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Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
pudor m (plural pudores)
Synonyms [edit]
- (shame): vergüenza
