Pudibund
Pudibund
(PYOO-di-bund)
Adjective:
-Modest; bashful.
-Prudish or shameful.
From classical Latin pudibundus easily ashamed, bashful, modest, shameful from pudēre to make or be ashamed + -bundus, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Mid 16th century.
Used in a sentence:
“Being the new kid at any school is always challenging, but those with a pudibund disposition find it to be especially so.”
