Pudeur
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pjuːˈdɜː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pudeur is a noun meaning A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
Meaning
A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
Example Sentences
Nietzsche, the conquering Dionysus-creator, thus confesses to having the pudeurs of a blushing bride, or of his faking Weib, when she “gives herself.”
Leslie felt confident enough of that also, but the pudeur of composition (when the author has written what he felt) made him shrink from so much talk about it.
In preceding pages I have mooted a long-contested point of great importance, promising to recur it at a subsequent stage of this essay. I do so now because the pudeur of others has hitherto prevented its just discussion.
Word Forms
- pudeurs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include modesty, pudicity, pudency, modestness, immodesty, impudicity.
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