pudeur
[pju:'də:]
- n.
- [法语]
- 内向寡言；自我克制
- (在两性问题上)羞怯，腼腆
pudeur 谦逊，稳重来自法语pudeur,谦逊，稳重，来自拉丁语pudor,害羞，谦逊，词源同pudendum.通常用于指性事生活。
- pudeur (n.)
- "modesty," especially in sexual matters, 1937, from French pudeur "modesty," from Latin pudor "shame, modesty," from pudere "make ashamed" (see pudendum). The same word had been borrowed into English directly from Latin as pudor (1620s), but this became obsolete.
