pudor

American  

[pyoo-der] / ˈpju dər /

noun

1. Rare. a sense of modesty considered suitable for the situation.

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pudor

But now there is no "pudor" in the matter.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various

I never look at him but these lines from Horace come to my mind—'Quam desederio sit pudor aut modus tam cari capitis'!

From Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe

We need not say we look upon him, as a great man, as a good man, as a beloved man,—quis desiderio sit pudor tam cari capitis?

From Spare Hours by John Brown

Article XI of the code: Non decet amare quarum pudor est nuptias affectare,—It is not seemly to love one whom it would not be seemly to marry, is one of the pivots of modern ethics.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

Without pudor malus or over-diffidence I would claim to have fulfilled the promise contained in my Foreword.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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