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单词 pudibundery
释义 pudibundery|ˌpjuːdɪˈbʌndərɪ|
Also pudibonderie.
[f. pudibund a. + -ery; cf. F. pudibonderie.]
Bashfulness, prudery.
a1913F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) xxii. 249 The pudibundery of Erastian peeping toms.1915T. Burke Nights in Town 51 Everyday life is always disgusting to the funny little Bayswaterats, who are compact of timidity and pudibonderie.1917E. Pound Let. ? Jan. (1971) 107, I have only three quarrels with them: Their idiotic fuss over christianizing all poems they print, their concessions to local pudibundery, [etc.].1959Listener 29 Oct. 744/1 This is not an isolated instance of pudibonderie.
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