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Latin
Etymology
From pudīcus (“chaste; modest, shamefaced”), from pudet (“it shames”).
Adverb
pudīcē (comparative pudīcius, superlative pudīcissimē)
- chastely, purely, respectably, decently
- bashfully, modestly
- virtuously
References
- “pudice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pudice”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pudice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.