pudency

n. 谦逊, 羞怯, 害羞

词形变化

pudencies 复数 pudencies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Modesty.

    古体 可数 不可数

    1780, Thomas Holcroft, Alwyn, London: Fielding & Walker, Volume I, Letter 4, p. 58, He has no respect to the timidity or pudency of youth or sex, but will say the most discouraging, as well as the rudest things, and receives pleasure in proportion to the pain he communicates.

词源

From Latin pudentia, from Latin pudet (“it shames”).

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