Etymology

pudibund

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Today it means: Shy, bashful; prudish. Full definition →

Latin pudibundus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompudibundus
  2. English todaypudibund

From Latin pudibundus, from pudeō (“make ashamed, be ashamed”).

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