pudent

English

Adjective

pudent (comparative more pudent, superlative most pudent)

1. (rare) Exhibiting pudency; modest.
   • 1901, Ibn Gabirol, Stephen Samuel Wise, The Improvement of the Moral Qualities, page 64:

     […] pudent in the presence of others, so must he be pudent when alone. It was said that, "Pudency and faith are interdependent, and either cannot be complete without the other."

Catalan

Etymology

pudir +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [puˈðen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [puˈðent]

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Adjective

pudent m or f (masculine and feminine plural pudents)

1. stinky, malodorous
2. grumpy, bad-tempered

   Synonyms: malsofert, malhumorat

Derived terms

• • botja pudent (“white wormwood”)
  • llapó pudent (“common stonewort”)
  • lliri pudent (“stinking iris”)
  • trèvol pudent (“pitch trefoil”)

Further reading

• “pudent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pudent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

pudent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pudeō

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pudent

1. malodorous, stinky

Derived terms

• bernat pudent, camòmilha pudenta, guiraud pudent