pudicityn.

Brit.

/pjᵿˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S.

/pjᵿˈdɪsᵻdi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s pudicitie, 1600s– pudicity; also Scottish pre-1700 pvdicitie.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pudicité; Latin pudīcitia.

Etymology: Partly < Middle French pudicité modesty, chastity, behaviour which shows a sense of shame (1417; French pudicité ; < pudique pudic adj. + -ité -ity suffix, after classical Latin pudīcitia ), and partly < classical Latin pudīcitia sexual purity, chastity < pudīcus pudic adj. + -itia -ity suffix. Compare Italian pudicizia (a1292).

Modesty, decency; chastity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > sense of shame or decency

shamec725

shamefastnessc1200

shamefulnessa1340

shameness1340

pudicity1567

pudencya1616

pudor1623

forehead1631

sense of shame1647

pudeur1876

society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > [noun]

pudicity1567

pudor1623

modesty1632

decency1639

delicacy1712

propriety1753

properness1873

pudeur1876

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. f. 17 Absolute experience of her undoubted pudicitie [Fr. pudicité].

1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 11 They broke the lawes of all pudicity and honesty.

1712 E. Ward Female Policy Detected i. ii. 39 She wore a Net for her Garment, which covered her Face, her Breast, and her Feet, signifying the pudicity of Woman.

1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 214 Her Pudicity awed me in the Midst of Transport.

1879 M. Pattison Milton iii. 37 The pudicity of his behaviour and language covers a soul tremulous with emotion.

1931 C. Mackenzie Buttercups & Daisies xxi. 274 Dodsworth in a turmoil of alarmed pudicity at the prospect of her bedroom being used as a thoroughfare called upon Ralph and Roger to stop their goings on at once.

1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots iv. 102 Mel Carter—another male singer, for of course there can be no female singers on stage tonight, modesty purity and pudicity and all that—sings a Gulf War song he wrote himself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pudicity
释义	pudicityn. Brit. /pjᵿˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S. /pjᵿˈdɪsᵻdi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s pudicitie, 1600s– pudicity; also Scottish pre-1700 pvdicitie. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pudicité; Latin pudīcitia. Etymology: Partly < Middle French pudicité modesty, chastity, behaviour which shows a sense of shame (1417; French pudicité ; < pudique pudic adj. + -ité -ity suffix, after classical Latin pudīcitia ), and partly < classical Latin pudīcitia sexual purity, chastity < pudīcus pudic adj. + -itia -ity suffix. Compare Italian pudicizia (a1292). Modesty, decency; chastity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > sense of shame or decency shamec725 shamefastnessc1200 shamefulnessa1340 shameness1340 pudicity1567 pudencya1616 pudor1623 forehead1631 sense of shame1647 pudeur1876 society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > [noun] pudicity1567 pudor1623 modesty1632 decency1639 delicacy1712 propriety1753 properness1873 pudeur1876 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. f. 17 Absolute experience of her undoubted pudicitie [Fr. pudicité]. 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 11 They broke the lawes of all pudicity and honesty. 1712 E. Ward Female Policy Detected i. ii. 39 She wore a Net for her Garment, which covered her Face, her Breast, and her Feet, signifying the pudicity of Woman. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 214 Her Pudicity awed me in the Midst of Transport. 1879 M. Pattison Milton iii. 37 The pudicity of his behaviour and language covers a soul tremulous with emotion. 1931 C. Mackenzie Buttercups & Daisies xxi. 274 Dodsworth in a turmoil of alarmed pudicity at the prospect of her bedroom being used as a thoroughfare called upon Ralph and Roger to stop their goings on at once. 1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots iv. 102 Mel Carter—another male singer, for of course there can be no female singers on stage tonight, modesty purity and pudicity and all that—sings a Gulf War song he wrote himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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