pudor

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuːdɔː/

Noun

pudor (uncountable)

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

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Latin

Etymology

From pudet (it shames).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.dor/, [ˈpʊ.dɔr]

Noun

pudor m (genitive pudōris); third declension

  1. A sense of shame; shamefacedness, shyness; ignominy, disgrace; humiliation.
  2. Modesty, decency, propriety, scrupulousness, chastity.
  3. A blush.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pudor pudōrēs
Genitive pudōris pudōrum
Dative pudōrī pudōribus
Accusative pudōrem pudōrēs
Ablative pudōre pudōribus
Vocative pudor pudōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: pudor
  • Romanian: pudoare
  • Spanish: pudor

References


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pudor, pudōrem.

Noun

pudor m (plural pudores)

  1. pudor (appropriate sense of modesty or shame)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pudor, pudōrem.

Noun

pudor m (plural pudores)

  1. shame
  2. modesty

Synonyms

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