pudibund
English
Etymology
From Latin pudibundus, from pudeō (“make ashamed, be ashamed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjuːdɪbʌnd/
Adjective
pudibund (comparative more pudibund, superlative most pudibund)
- (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)
- Alternative form of pudibond
Declension
Declension of pudibund
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | pudibund | pudibundă | pudibunzi | pudibunde | ||
definite | pudibundul | pudibunda | pudibunzii | pudibundele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | pudibund | pudibunde | pudibunzi | pudibunde | ||
definite | pudibundului | pudibundei | pudibunzilor | pudibundelor |
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