Pudic
/ˈpjuːdɪk/noun
Relating to or showing modesty, shame, or sexual reserve.
Did you know?In Latin, *pudor* meant shame or modesty, and that same root also gave English *pudendum*, a clinical word literally meaning “that of which one should be ashamed.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peu̯d-
“to feel shame or disgrace”
Classical Latin
Latin
pudēre
“to be ashamed”
Classical Latin
Latin
pudor
“shame, modesty, sense of decency”
Late Latin
Latin
pudicus
“modest, chaste, decent”
Middle English / Early Modern English
English
pudic
“modest, bashful, sexually reserved”