Pudeur is a noun meaning a sense of shame, especially in sexual matters, or modesty. It comes from the French 'pudeur' (modesty), which in turn derives from the Latin 'pudere' (to make or be ashamed).
Pudeur es un sustantivo que significa vergüenza, especialmente en asuntos sexuales, o modestia. Proviene del francés 'pudeur' (modestia), que a su vez deriva del latín 'pudere' (avergonzar).
| Front | pudeur \pyoo-DUHR, -DUH\ |
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| Back | noun A sense of shame, especially in sexual matters; modesty. [From French pudeur (modesty), from Latin pudere (to make or be ashamed) which also gave us pudibund (prudish) and pudency (modesty). Earliest documented use: 1876.] "Alexandra Styron first started reading her father's novel Sophie's Choice as soon as it came out, in 1979, when she was a preteenager. A few chapters in, encountering a steamy sex scene, she rushed from the room, overcome with adolescent pudeur." - Liesl Schillinger; Literary Lions, by Their Cubs; The New York Times; Aug 10, 2011. |
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