Pudibund

//ˈpjuːdɪbʌnd// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shy, bashful; prudish. rare

    "Involuntarily Lucette bent her head and frail spine, then she lay back on the outer half of Ada’s pillow in a martyr’s pudibund swoon, her locks spreading their orange blaze against the black velvet of the padded headboard."

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"Involuntarily Lucette bent her head and frail spine, then she lay back on the outer half of Ada’s pillow in a martyr’s pudibund swoon, her locks spreading their orange blaze against the black velvet of the padded headboard."

Etymology

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

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