pudic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   modest or easily embarrassed about sexual matters or bodily exposure

   The pudic visitor turned away from the nude statue.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to the external genital organs; pudendal

   The medical diagram labels the pudic region with care.

Borrowed through French pudique from Latin pudīcus, ‘modest’ or ‘chaste,’ related to pudēre, ‘to feel shame.’ The anatomical sense belongs to the same word family as pudendum and pudendal.

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