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Subject: A.Word.A.Day--pudency
pudency (PYOOD-n-see) adjective
Modesty, bashfulness.
[From Late Latin pudentia, from pudent-, pudens, from pudere (to make or be
ashamed).]
If today's word bears a resemblance to the word for female privates, it's
because there is a link. Both sprout from Latin pudere (to be ashamed).
Impudent is another word originating from the same source. -Anu
"`The most important thing is the ship, and the ship needed someone at the
helm who knew better about the operational aspects of getting a business
to grow than me,' says Fields with typical pudency."
Melanie Warner, The New Black Power, Fortune (New York), Aug 4, 1997.
"The art of life has a pudency, and will not be exposed. Every man is an
impossibility, until he is born; every thing impossible, until we see a
success."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Experience.
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--pudency
pudency (PYOOD-n-see) adjective
Modesty, bashfulness.
[From Late Latin pudentia, from pudent-, pudens, from pudere (to make or be
ashamed).]
If today's word bears a resemblance to the word for female privates, it's
because there is a link. Both sprout from Latin pudere (to be ashamed).
Impudent is another word originating from the same source. -Anu
"`The most important thing is the ship, and the ship needed someone at the
helm who knew better about the operational aspects of getting a business
to grow than me,' says Fields with typical pudency."
Melanie Warner, The New Black Power, Fortune (New York), Aug 4, 1997.
"The art of life has a pudency, and will not be exposed. Every man is an
impossibility, until he is born; every thing impossible, until we see a
success."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Experience.
