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Definition: PUDENCY |
PUDENCYNoun1. Modesty; shamefacedness. |
Date "PUDENCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Pudency \Pu"den*cy\, noun. [Latin expression pudens, present participle of pudere to be ashamed.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Language | Translations for "PUDENCY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | turp (attaint, bashfulness, black eye, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, fie upon you, for shame, infamy, mortification, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, shame, stain, stigma, taint, turpitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | срамежливост (bashfulness), скромност (decorum, demureness, diffidence, frugality, humility, modesty), свенливост (bashfulness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حجب , ازرم (Modesty, Shame), شرم (Shame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιδώσ (decency, modesty, pudicity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemérmesség (shamefacedness, shyness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | udencypay pudor (decency, delicacy, modesty, shame), pudicícia (chastity, purity), recato (modesty). (various references) стыдливость. (various references) stidljivost (bashfulness, demureness, timidity). (various references) pudicicia (pudicity). (various references) blygsamhet (modesty). (various references) utangaçlık (bashfulness, coyness, shyness, timidity, timidness), mahçupluk, alçakgönüllülük (delicacy, demureness, honesty, humbleness, humility, lowliness, meekness, modesty, nobleness, simple-mindedness, submission, submissiveness). (various references) соромливість (backwardness, bashfulness, nicety, shamefacedness, shyness). (various references) tính thẹn thò, tính e lệ (demureness), tính bẽn lẽn (coyness, demureness, shamefacedness, shyness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PUDENCY" (pronounced 'Pu"den*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-n-p-u-y" | |
-2 letters: dunce, upend. | |
-3 letters: cued, deny, duce, dune, dupe, dyne, nude, pend, puce, puny, unde, undy. | |
-4 letters: cep, cud, cue, cup, den, dey, due, dun, dup, dye, ecu, end, pec, ped, pen, pud, pun, pye, yen, yep, yup. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, en, ne, nu, pe, un, up, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-n-p-u-y" | |
+3 letters: keypunched. | |
+5 letters: pronouncedly, unexpectedly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Rhymes 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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