pudibund

English

Etymology

From Latin pudibundus, from pudeō (make ashamed, be ashamed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuːdɪbʌnd/

Adjective

pudibund (comparative more pudibund, superlative most pudibund)

  1. (rare) Shy, bashful; prudish.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 8, in Ada, or, Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Harmondsworth, London: Penguin Books, published 1970, →ISBN, part 2, page 329:
      Involuntarily Lucette bent her head and frail spine, then she lay back on the outer half of Ada’s pillow in a martyr’s pudibund swoon, her locks spreading their orange blaze against the black velvet of the padded headboard.

Romanian

Adjective

pudibund m or n (feminine singular pudibundă, masculine plural pudibunzi, feminine and neuter plural pudibunde)

  1. Alternative form of pudibond

Declension

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