PUDENCY


Meaning of PUDENCY in English

/pyoohd"n see/ , n.

modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.

[ 1605-15; pudentia shame, equiv. to L pudent- (s. of pudens, prp. of pudere to be ashamed) + -ia -Y 3 ; see -ENCY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .