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单词 pudendous
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pudendousadj.

Brit. /pjʊˈdɛndəs/, U.S. /pjuˈdɛndəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pudendus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin pudendus, gerundive of pudēre to make ashamed (see pudent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier pudendum n.
Now rare.
Causing or deserving of shame; shameful.
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the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > shaming
shamefulc1330
pudibund1542
bashful1559
pudendous1660
shaming1741
ashaming1819
1660 M. Ogilvy Fratres in Malo To Rdr., sig. A2v The pudendous Master Bagshaw hath been ingratefull.
1680 Counterplots 36 Disclosing those pudendous enormities which he had done.
1716 Treat. pursuing Distinction between Eccl. & Civil Powers xxx. 72 Peter de Marca censures the Anecdoton, as a Pudendous Script, in which Justinian is discredited for his Cruelty.
1807 ‘P. Plymley’ Two Lett. on Catholics ii. 29 A feeling laughable in a priestess, pudendous [1808 shameful] in a priest!
1962 Amer. Q. 14 528 The birth of children has..been the least publicized of the major passages to which human life here has been subject—perhaps..because somehow their ‘delicate condition’ advertised the pudendous aspect of sex life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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