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pudic, a. (n.)|ˈpjuːdɪk|
Also 5 -ique, -yke, 6 -ick, (Sc. -ict), 5–7 -ike.
[a. F. pudique (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. pudīc-us shamefaced, modest, chaste, f. pud-ēre to make or be ashamed.]
A. adj.
1. Having a keen sense of shame; modest, chaste.
1490Caxton Eneydos vii. 32 To enterteyne hir pudeyque chastyte in perpetuall wydowhed. Ibid. ix. 36 To kepe thy pudyke chastyte vnhurte. Ibid. 37 Pudike. 1562Knox Ressoning Crosraguell (1563) B ij, An honest & pudick matron. 1581N. Burne Disput. in Cath. Tractates (S.T.S.) 172 Modest and pudict behauiour cumlie for vemen. 1610Tofte Hon. Acad. iii. 141 Modest and pudike Cynthia. a1913F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) 247 Water-babies (pudic, though incredibly tattered) wallow in every canal. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Feb. 169/1 The instructive geographical screen fallen to reveal a pudic Lady Teazle.
2. Anat. = pudendal.
1807–26S. Cooper First Lines Surg. (ed. 5) 471 The external pudic branch of the femoral artery. 1863–76T. B. Curling Dis. Rectum 25 The pain..deeply seated in the pudic region.
B. n. Anat. The pudic artery.
1827Lancet 3 Nov. 195/2 There was not much bleeding from the divided external pudic. 1874Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 3 The arteries come from the internal pudics. |