10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUDIBUND»
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The Gilded Tongue: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things
PUDIBUND (PYOO-duh-BUND):«dj. from Latin pwd bundus, from pudere (to be
ashamed): prudish. The pudibund substitute teacher was shocked to see
students kiss in the class. PURSY (PUH-see, PUHR-see): adj. from Middle
English pursy ...
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American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of ...
Still another round hence, we saw pudibund. Is banausic easier to spell than
pudibund? That's hard to say — and the answer may vary speller by speller. But
somebody's got to make the decision, and that's the goal of this fall meeting.
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The Excitement of Verbal Adventure: A Study of Vladimir ...
vulturine eyes (SR, 205) oysterous [eyes] (£fl, 227) consociativs virtues (SM,
villous...velour (i, 373) 155)30 pudibund screen (a, 103) osculatory contacts (DP,
139) pudibund swoon (&, 418) orchideous masculinity (E, 173) orchideous air (
BE, ...
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An Universal Etymological Dictionary
... a' may betaken up at once between the two Fingers and a Thumb. L. '
PUGNNCITY spugnacilar, L.] His"ness' to fight. PUDIBUND [pudibufidu-r, L.]
banner; * the Cheeks] a Blast or Breath of Wind 5 zllo _ i PUG'GY [of Piza, Sax-
Jþige, Dart.
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Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages: With a ...
preparada. PUddly .«.Lodoso, cenagoso. Ptfrfrwy.s. Modestia, pudor. Pudibund,
búndous, a. Pudibundo, púdico. Pudlcily, s. Pudicicia, pudor. Púdor.s. Pudor.
Ptfeiiíe.aPueril. Puerility, Puérity, s. Puerilidad. Puerperal, a. Puerperal.
Puérpcrous,» ...
Saint Hiliaire Blanc,
1848
6
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... l' s. percyn, maesan, Purrock, pyr'-roc, ) maes bychan, gower, bura [der,
gwyledd Pudency, piw'-den-si, s. gwylder, yswil- Pudenda, p¡w-den'-da, s. pl.
gwarfhfa- oedd, gwarthleoedd, dirgelioc Pudgy, pyj'-i, a. tew a byr, crothellaidd
Pudibund, ...
7
The Unauthorized Letters of Oscar Wilde
... fairly burst with seeming self-evidence and hyper-truths; helping me thumb my
nose at pudibund England. 'Little boys should be obscene and not heard',
remains my most saucy epigram, regarded by many as my most scabrous.
However ...
8
Don Renato an Ideal Content
... puberty (pubes) pudibund adj. modest (pudibundus) puerice subst. boyhood (
pueritia) puerine adj. boyish (puerinus) pulchritude (Chaucer) subst. beauty (
pulchritudo) pure pute adj. perfectly pure (purus putus) putid (Bp. Taylor) adj.
stench, ...
Frederick Will Rolfe,
2007
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An English Dictionary....
Puckle-Church, aTownitt Gloucefterfhire. Pry, o. fir pray. Pudibund,-deas, 1.
bafbfid. Pfallocitharift, g. л finget Pudicity 1. Chaßity, to the harp. Pudor. 1.
ßamefacedneft. Pfalm, g. a Divine Song. Pudzel'd, as Woodgeld. Pfalmift, the
Compofer of it.
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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
Pudibund, Pudibundous, a. Vergonzoso, mo- Puuícitt, s. Pudicicia. Pudor, ».
Vergüenza. Puerile, o. Pueril, lo que es propio de mu- "da. Puerility, Puírity, ».
Puerilidad, muebacha Puerperal, a. Puerperal ; dicese de la fiebre después el
parto.
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti,
1828
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