English
Etymology
From French pudique, from Latin pudicus|pudīcus, from pudere|pud�re �to make ashamed�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�pju�dɪk/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�dɪk|-u�dɪk

Adjective
en-adj

1. Easily ashamed, having a strong sense of shame; modest, chaste.

#*1942: Is it not extraordinary, by the way, that all over Europe, even in the pudic nurseries of your own country, this should be regarded as a children's book? � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 383)

1. anatomy Pertaining to the pudendum or external genital organs; pudendal.

pl:pudic
ru:pudic

• 2007-05-04 07:45 - Widsith - /* English */ +etym., pronc., def.

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