pudent

English

Adjective

pudent (comparative more pudent, superlative most pudent)

  1. (rare) Exhibiting pudency; modest.
    • 1901, Ibn Gabirol, Stephen Samuel Wise, The Improvement of the Moral Qualities, page 64:
      [] pudent in the presence of others, so must he be pudent when alone. It was said that, "Pudency and faith are interdependent, and either cannot be complete without the other."

Catalan

Etymology

pudir +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pudent m or f (masculine and feminine plural pudents)

  1. stinky, malodorous
  2. grumpy, bad-tempered
    Synonyms: malsofert, malhumorat

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Latin

Verb

pudent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of pudeō

Occitan

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Adjective

pudent

  1. malodorous, stinky

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