pudencyn.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːdnsi/, U.S.

/ˈpjudnsi/

Forms: 1600s pudencie, 1600s– pudency.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pudentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pudentia modesty (5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin pudent- , pudēns pudent adj. + -ia -y suffix³; compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier pudicity n.

Modesty, bashfulness, or reticence; embarrassment; an instance or expression of this.Occasionally with allusion to quot. a1616. Personified in quot. 1768.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > sense of shame or decency

shamec725

shamefastnessc1200

shamefulnessa1340

shameness1340

pudicity1567

pudencya1616

pudor1623

forehead1631

sense of shame1647

pudeur1876

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. v. 11 She..did it with A pudencie so Rosie..That I thought her As Chaste, as vn-Sunn'd Snow.

1768 H. Downman Land of Muses lxii. 23 Blushing Pudency sat mantling there.

1794 C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 4 Where Hypocrisy too often puts on the mask of pudency.

1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 239 There is a pudency about friendship, as about love.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. i. 23 Though they are often..wantonly desperate in their acts, their tongues are curbed by rosy pudency.

1902 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 23 135 Unless we are taught to observe, we do not notice the pudencies of Homer.

1979 W. B. Ober Boswell's Clap & other Ess. ix. 254 Shadwell had no reason for concealment or pudency; if he took opium as an anodyne for the pain of gout, that was a legitimate medical indication.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pudency
释义	pudencyn. Brit. /ˈpjuːdnsi/, U.S. /ˈpjudnsi/ Forms: 1600s pudencie, 1600s– pudency. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pudentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pudentia modesty (5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin pudent- , pudēns pudent adj. + -ia -y suffix³; compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier pudicity n. Modesty, bashfulness, or reticence; embarrassment; an instance or expression of this.Occasionally with allusion to quot. a1616. Personified in quot. 1768. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > sense of shame or decency shamec725 shamefastnessc1200 shamefulnessa1340 shameness1340 pudicity1567 pudencya1616 pudor1623 forehead1631 sense of shame1647 pudeur1876 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. v. 11 She..did it with A pudencie so Rosie..That I thought her As Chaste, as vn-Sunn'd Snow. View more context for this quotation 1768 H. Downman Land of Muses lxii. 23 Blushing Pudency sat mantling there. 1794 C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 4 Where Hypocrisy too often puts on the mask of pudency. 1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 239 There is a pudency about friendship, as about love. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. i. 23 Though they are often..wantonly desperate in their acts, their tongues are curbed by rosy pudency. 1902 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 23 135 Unless we are taught to observe, we do not notice the pudencies of Homer. 1979 W. B. Ober Boswell's Clap & other Ess. ix. 254 Shadwell had no reason for concealment or pudency; if he took opium as an anodyne for the pain of gout, that was a legitimate medical indication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616
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