impudicity

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impudicity

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From Middle French impudicité, from Latin impudicus (“shameless, immodest”) + Middle French -ité. By surface analysis, im- + pudic + -ity.

noun impudicities

  1. countable, formal, uncountable Immodesty; shamelessness. It muſt be obſerved that though a man is allowed by the Mohammedan, as by the Jewish law, to repudiate his wife even on the ſlightest diſguſt, yet the women are not allowed to ſeparate themſelves from their huſbands, unleſs it be for ill uſage, want of proper maintenance, neglect of conjugal duty, i

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noun lack of modesty or shame

Españolimpudicia, impudicicia, impudor
Portuguêsimpudicícia
Françaisimpudicité
Italianoimpudicizia

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@misc{impudicity_2026,
  title = {impudicity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impudicity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}