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Definition of pudeur in English: pudeurnoun pjuːˈdəːpydœʀpyo͞oˈdər mass nounA sense of shame or embarrassment, especially with regard to matters of a sexual or personal nature. he has a sort of pudeur about that side of his politics count noun he respected the man's peculiar pudeurs and never spoke of it again Example sentencesExamples - Dr Grylls suggests that the mysterious silence of Laura can be linked to sexual pudeur.
- In this instance, Zina, in going after what she wants without shame or pudeur, manages to dampen the male fantasy of female arousal.
- Even then, their work is characterised by ‘an astringent, objective pudeur, a convention of impersonality which allows voice only to the socially-sanctioned emotions and concepts.’
Origin Late 19th century: French, literally 'modesty'. Rhymes à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr Definition of pudeur in US English: pudeurnounpyo͞oˈdər A sense of shame or embarrassment, especially with regard to matters of a sexual or personal nature. he has a sort of pudeur about that side of his politics count noun he respected the man's peculiar pudeurs and never spoke of it again Example sentencesExamples - In this instance, Zina, in going after what she wants without shame or pudeur, manages to dampen the male fantasy of female arousal.
- Dr Grylls suggests that the mysterious silence of Laura can be linked to sexual pudeur.
- Even then, their work is characterised by ‘an astringent, objective pudeur, a convention of impersonality which allows voice only to the socially-sanctioned emotions and concepts.’
Origin Late 19th century: French, literally ‘modesty’. |