Etymology

impudicity

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Today it means: Immodesty; shamelessness. Full definition →

Middle French impudicité ← Latin impudicus
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  1. Latin · derived fromimpudicus“shameless, immodest”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromimpudicité
  3. English todayimpudicity

From Middle French impudicité, from Latin impudicus (“shameless, immodest”) + Middle French -ité. By surface analysis, im- + pudic + -ity.

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