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‖ pundonor|pundoˈnor| [Sp. pundonor, contr. of punto de honor point of honour.]
a1648Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 205 The Spaniards do so much stand upon their pundonores. a1648― Hen. VIII (1683) 234 And this was the end of the Cartels and Pundonnores betwixt these two great Princes. 1829W. Irving Granada I. xxxvi. 330 They stood not much upon the pundonor and high punctilio. 1932E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xviii. 210 His..body contains enough valour and pundonor to make a dozen bullfighters. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 45 That outcry was fascinating in its vehemence, for it had the false accents of him who protests too much; one is tempted to think that it could occur only in a land where pundonor is on every tongue. 1968Medium ævum XXXVII. 46 Nor do I think we have a right to assume that the sculptors followed epic pundonor so closely. |