pudentadj.
/ˈpjuːd(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpjudnt/ rare.
Originally: secret, hidden. In later use: that has a sense of shame; modest, seemly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > having sense of shame or decency
shamefula950
pudic1490
pudicala1513
pudent1558
pudibund1656
tender-foreheaded1659
society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > [adjective]
well-itowenc1225
mannerlyc1400
pudic1490
pudicala1513
modestiousa1549
modest1550
pudent1558
delicate1634
pudibund1656
pudibundous1656
decent1734
1558 W. Bullein Govt. Healthe f. lix Oftentimes eaten, or sodden in wyne, it [sc. sage] wyll helpe & clense ytche, scabs, and fylth from the pudent and secret members.
a1640 W. Alabaster Sonnets (1959) 20 Within whose pudent lap and roseal plight, Conceived was the Son of unborn light.
1908 G. B. Shaw in W. H. Davies Autobiogr. Super-tramp p. vii These pudent pages are unstained with the frightful language..of the fictitious proletarians of Mr. Rudyard Kipling and other genteel writers.
1957 Times 13 Apr. 8/7 The girls would form a pudent ring designed to mask certain mysterious inner adjustments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1558- in the colour of
- in the common of
- in the comparative degree
- in the compass of
- in the complex
- in the concrete
- in the consequence
- in the consequent
- in the contrair
- in the contrair of or to
- in the contrary
- in the course of
- in the course of things
- in the course of time
- in the covert of
- in the cream puff
- in the dark
- in the dark about
- in the dark as to
- in the dark etc
- in the death
- in the deid thraw
- in the detail
- in the devil's date
- in the diameter