单词 | pudibund |
释义 | pudibundadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > shaming shamefulc1330 pudibund1542 bashful1559 pudendous1660 shaming1741 ashaming1819 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. F.i And yf any man..doth burne in the pudibunde [printed pudibnude] places. 2. Modest, bashful; prudish.rare before late 19th cent. and in recent use. 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 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pudibund, Pudibundous, shame-fac'd, bashful, modest, honest. 1888 Sat. Rev. 29 Dec. 785/2 To outrage the pudibund soul of their countryman. 1923 G. Saintsbury Second Scrap Bk. xxxviii. 269 I understand that Soviet education is not at all pudibund, and that the principles of parenthood are treated and illustrated in it with a fine ‘candour’. 1930 D. B. W. Lewis Stuffed Owl p. ix The pudibond yet urgent Sapphos of endless Keepsakes and Lady's Magazines. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xvii. 102 During our children's kissing phase,..some odd pudibund screen cut them off, so to speak, from each other's raging bodies. Derivatives pudiˈbundity n. rare bashfulness; prudery. ΚΠ 1888 Sat. Rev. 28 Jan. 100 Only the pudibundity of the Editor of this Review prevents us from at once vindicating..the Great F. B. 1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire (1963) 83 Both stemmed from the same family magazine Life, so justly famed for its pudibundity in regard to the mysteries of the male sex. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pudibundness, bashfulness. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pudibund, Pudibundous, shame-fac'd, bashful, modest, honest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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