pudor

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/ˈpjuːdɔː//ˈpjuːdər/

noun

An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.

OriginLatin pudor →
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Meanings

nounpudor (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn appropriate sense of modesty or shame.

    Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

Origin

  1. Latinpudor“sense of modesty or shame”
  2. Englishpudor

Borrowed from Latin pudor (“sense of modesty or shame”), from pudet (“it shames”), as is pudency (via pudentia).

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Translations

Catalan pudor
  • pudorappropriate sense of modesty or shame
Dutch pudeur
  • pudeurappropriate sense of modesty or shame
Esperanto hontemo
  • hontemoappropriate sense of modesty or shame
French pudeur
  • pudeurappropriate sense of modesty or shame
Greek αιδώς
  • αιδώς (aidós)appropriate sense of modesty or shame
Hungarian szemérmesség
  • szemérmességappropriate sense of modesty or shame
Latin pudor
  • pudorappropriate sense of modesty or shame
Portuguese pudor
  • pudorappropriate sense of modesty or shame
Spanish pudor
  • pudorappropriate sense of modesty or shame

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pudor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pudor

MLA

“pudor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pudor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pudor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pudor.

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