Pudicity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Modesty; chastity. countable, uncountable

    "There are effects, which without impuritie may lose them their pudicitie; and which is more, without their knowledge."

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blushcoloringdecencydecorumdelicacyelegance

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"There are effects, which without impuritie may lose them their pudicitie; and which is more, without their knowledge."

Etymology

From Middle French pudicité, and its source, Latin pudicitia, from pudicus (“modest”).

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