Meaning of pudeur | Babel Free

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“In preceding pages I have⟳ mooted a long-contested point⟳ of great importance, promising to recur it at a subsequent stage⟳ of this essay. I do so now because the pudeur of others has hitherto prevented its just discussion.”

“Nietzsche, the conquering Dionysus-creator, thus confesses to having the pudeurs of a blushing bride, or of his faking Weib, when she “gives herself.””

CEFR level