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pudeur

/pjuːˈdɜː/ UK
/pjuˈdɝ/ US

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From French pudeur, from Latin pudor. Doublet of pudor.

noun pudeurs

countable, uncountable A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters. 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.

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"pudeur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pudeur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pudeur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pudeur

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"pudeur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pudeur.

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@misc{pudeur_2026,
  title = {pudeur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pudeur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}